Remembrance Day, a public holiday for some, memorial day for others
Remembrance Day falls on Sunday, November 11 in 2018. Although Remembrance Day was declared a legal holiday like Canada Day and Victoria Day under the federal Holidays Act on March 1, 2018, provinces and territories determine which days are public holidays in their regions.
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor
Record human rights damage award for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect: AB v Joe Singer Shoes Limited
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded a record $200,000 as a human rights damage award in the case of AB v Joe Singer Shoes Limited, where the employee suffered injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect resulting from repeated sexual assault and harassment.
De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors
Changing one’s mind about retirement
May an employee who has resigned her position of employment by way of a notice of retirement later rescind her written notice of retirement? If so, under what conditions may she do so?
Sean Bawden
When should an employer conduct a workplace investigation?
Under the common law, and specifically under Sections 25(2)(h) and 32.0.5 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario), every employer has a duty to conduct a workplace investigation after an incident of workplace violence has allegedly occurred. In other words, if an employer gets a complaint about violence at work, or if the employer witnesses violence at work, it must conduct an investigation.
Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law
5 minutes read
September 21, 2018 
Q&A: 48-hour advance notification of cancelled shift coming into force on January 1, 2019
Establishing a process for the practical aspects of shift cancellation notifications in a company policy would go a long way to protect employers from paying a worker who claims that he or she did not know about the cancelled shift because he or she failed to check the method of communication for notifications.
Ava Z Moradi, JD
4 minutes read
September 13, 2018 
Can an employer sue an employee for compensation?
The case detailed here does not mean that employers can sue employees for any losses that arise out of their employment. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain compensation for negligent work, or mistakes. However, where there is deliberate misconduct like in this case, remedies are available to the employer beyond dismissal for cause.
Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation
Q&A: What happens when an employee does not use their vacation entitlement?
In this conference Q&A, we address the alternatives when an employee chooses to not use their vacation entitlement in the vacation entitlement year as prescribed by law.
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor
8 minutes read
September 6, 2018 
Q&A: Critical illness leave to take care of parent outside of Canada
In this conference Q&A, we address whether employees are entitled to take critical illness leave to care for a parent who is not in Canada.
Ava Z Moradi, JD
3 minutes read
August 30, 2018 
Severance for sales people
This article examines whether employers must include commissions, in addition to base salary, when calculating severance pay for sales people.
Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law
