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
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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
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
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
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
Q&A: Suspected use of marijuana in the workplace
With medicinal marijuana already being prescribed by doctors and the upcoming legalization of recreational marijuana just around the corner, this question addresses a real concern shared by many employers across Canada.
Ava Z Moradi, JD
The double “financial” jeopardy of HRTO damages against the employer
An employer named in a Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario Application, if decided against, may be responsible for both wage loss and most likely general damages.
Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services
The 9 top workplace posting requirements every Ontario employer must know – with the latest requirements
Employers in Ontario have to post a lot more than just the Ministry of Labour’s Employment Standards Poster in their workplaces. You may be required to have 30 or more documents and posters displayed in a location (or locations) where all your employees can see them. Employers may have posting responsibilities under the following Acts: […]
Fred Stewart
