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Right to Disconnect
During the pandemic, on top of many other day to day changes, we witnessed a shift in working environment. With the onset of remote...
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Jan 213 min read
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Remote Work and the “Back-to-Office” Mandate
Since the pandemic, remote and hybrid work conditions have become a mainstay work model that has co-existed and, in some cases, has...
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Jan 194 min read
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Quiet Quitting and its Legal Implications in Canadian Employment Law
In recent years, a new term has entered the workplace lexicon: “quiet quitting.” This phenomenon involves employees reducing their...
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Jan 173 min read
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British Columbia Leads the Way in Gig Worker Rights
With the advent of technology and innovation came the gig economy. And in today’s economy, gig work is everywhere. It is now common to...
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Jan 173 min read
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Bill C-69 Risks Introducing Ambiguity to Federally Regulated Workplaces
With royal assent on June 20, 2024, the Canada Labour Code was amended with “presumption of employment” provisions. Parts I, II, III of...
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Jan 173 min read
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Privatizing The LCBO: What Are The Risks?
On March 12th, Doug Ford and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) made headlines over differing views on the LCBO. OPSEU,...
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Apr 2, 20245 min read
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Anticipating the Working For Workers Four Act, 2023: Increasing Employer Disclosures
Two Major Takeaways The Ontario government’s proposed Working for Workers Four Act, 2023 is poised to greatly affect the job search...
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Feb 25, 20242 min read
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A Win for Competition! The State of Non-Compete Clauses in Ontario
Recently, Ontario has seen a significant shift in the realm of employment contracts. On December 2, 2021, the province became the first...
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Dec 4, 20232 min read
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Entrapment in Employment, but Not in the Dead-End-9-To-5 Sense
It began, as all meandering and foolish endeavours tend to do, on Twitter. Or is it X? The law says X, custom says Twitter, Elon Musk...
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Nov 22, 20234 min read
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Moonlighting: Two Jobs for the Price of (Losing) One
Sometimes you get an offer you can’t refuse. And sometimes, you get that offer while you already have a job. The technical term for...
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Nov 17, 20232 min read
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Bill C-58 Is Great For Labour… But Redditors Are Worried
On November 9th of 2023, the federal government announced Bill C-58. While not yet law, it was directly negotiated in the...
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Nov 14, 20234 min read
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“Exceptional” Reasonable Notice Periods Above 24 Months Might Not Be That Exceptional
Previously, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (“ONCA”) held that reasonable notice at common law will be capped at 24 months, absent...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read
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Protecting Mental Health: Stress Leave Rights in Ontario
The World Health Organization recently announced the theme for World Mental Health Day 2023: “Mental health is a universal human right”...
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Nov 3, 20233 min read
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Greater termination entitlements coming into force in Canada Labour Code
On June 1, 2023, the federal government announced that amendments to the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) under the Budget Implementation...
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Oct 30, 20232 min read
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Ontario Proposes Enhanced Protections for Remote Workers in Mass Terminations
The Government of Ontario has announced a proposed amendment to the Ontario Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) which will strengthen the...
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Mar 20, 20232 min read
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Ontario Parents Face Long Daycare Waitlists for Affordable Childcare
Access to childcare is a critical workplace issue. Parents with young children are often forced to choose between spending a large...
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Mar 15, 20232 min read
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Employment Insurance 101
Chances are that you or someone you know will be unexpectedly unemployed at some point in your life. In this post, we will introduce...
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Mar 11, 20232 min read
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Can You Date Your Boss?
On February 10, 2023, John Tory resigned from his position as Toronto mayor after a Toronto Star report disclosed that the politician was...
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Feb 27, 20232 min read
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Should’ve Stayed?
On November 29, 2022, the Ontario Superior Court released a decision by Justice Koehnen on the controversial Bill 124, Protecting a...
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Feb 14, 20232 min read
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You Might Actually Want to Read that Policy
For employees, workplace policies may feel a little bit like the instructions for building IKEA furniture: confusing, complicated, and...
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Feb 12, 20232 min read
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