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Significant changes are coming to Employment Insurance (EI) benefits that could have a major impact on you, especially if you’re a long-tenured worker or facing a job loss.

When an employee commences a claim against their employer, or vice-versa, the proper forum in which to bring the lawsuit is an important consideration. For civil claims, this is typically determined by the type of relief sought and the value of the damages being claimed.

In Ontario, the Small Claims Court has jurisdiction in any action for the payment of money or for the recovery of possession of personal property where the amount claimed does not exceed an amount prescribed by regulation. Currently, this limit is set at $35,000.00. Claims above this amount are brought to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

The Rudner Law team is honoured to be voted one of the Canadian HRReporter Readers’ Choice 2025 winners in the Employment & Labour Law Boutique category.

In our last update, we outlined the new changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the “OHSA”), which were set to take effect on July 1, 2025 to the ESA and on January 1, 2026 to the OHSA. Since that last update, there has been further updates to the Canadian employment and labour law landscape.

Our 2024 Year in Review continues. We are in an HR Law Era where our courts remain concerned with the power imbalance in the employment relationship and will find ways to help employees.

Our HR Law Eras Tour “set list” takes us through 2024’s notable decisions and developments, with the goal of providing employers and employees with a map of the current landscape that allows them to navigate the challenges ahead.

The Ontario government has provided clarification on a few notable changes introduced in Bill 190 and earlier legislative updates.

New job posting requirements will only apply to employers with 25 or more employees on the day the publicly advertised job posting is posted.