Topping up employee pay during temporary layoffs using a Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Plan (SUB Plan) (Canada)
Recently, more employers have begun to consider using Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Plans (SUB Plans) to provide financial assistance to their employees during a period of layoff due to temporary stoppage of work, training, or illness, injury or quarantine.
Occasional Contributors
No obligation to accommodate employee’s “preference” to work closer to home
A recent arbitration decision is helpful for employers dealing with accommodation requests, particularly with respect to a request to be transferred to a different location.
Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation
Significant online defamation damages in Canada — are online platforms immune?
If only Canada were to have such clear laws. Here, it is critical for operators of online platforms to understand that this issue remains largely unlegislated and left to the common law; which holds that a person will not be responsible, as a publisher, if the person’s sole participation in the publication of the defamatory material is merely their “innocent” involvement in the purely administrative or mechanical phases of publication.
Occasional Contributors
Non-consensual sharing of intimate images grounds for summary dismissal
Can sharing intimate photos of one your coworkers with your friends result in the summary dismissal of your employment for cause?
Sean Bawden
Case involving voyeuristic teacher leads to clarification of law relating to private vs. public places and provides valuable lesson for employers
On August 27th, 2019 former Ontario school teacher Ryan Jarvis was sentenced to six months in jail and 12 months’ probation after the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) convicted him of voyeurism earlier this year.
Occasional Contributors
The holiday party and workplace policies
The holiday season is fast approaching and organizations are planning their annual Christmas or holiday parties. The increased recognition that alcohol consumption at organization-sponsored events creates significant legal liability has had an impact on that traditional institution. And now, with the legalization of cannabis and the #metoo movement, added legal liabilities come into play.
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor
Compliance with the Quebec language requirements for display of trademarks to be mandatory on November 24, 2019
This information bulletin addresses the language requirements pertaining to display, in a language other than French, of trademarks on real estate in Quebec.
Occasional Contributors
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November 19, 2019 
How an external investigation actually saved money for an employer
A recent Human Rights Tribunal decision demonstrates that the short-term financial costs of an external investigation might also be balanced out by long-term financial savings.
Rubin Thomlinson LLP
Thanksgiving Day in Canada: Monday, October 14
In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October every year. This year, Thanksgiving Day is Monday, October 14.
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor
