Labour and Employment Communiqué
2012 Archives
The duty to accommodate can be one of the most perplexing (and vexing) issues faced by employers. The recent Supreme Court of Canada (“Court”) decision of Moore v. British Columbia (Education), provides some insight into the...
A substitute teacher (“Plaintiff”) recently won her legal battle against a Québec school board that withdrew her name from the substitute teachers’ list, invoking erotic pictures of her taken some eight years earlier. The...
Conducting workplace investigations is an important but sometimes haphazard job of employers. Whether to address allegations of workplace misconduct or performance issues, employers need to approach complaints and investigations in...
Yellow Pages Group Company dismissed the grievor, a sales consultant with 20 years of unblemished service, on the basis that he had abandoned his position because medical documentation supporting his work absence was two days late....
The Supreme Court of Canada has released its much anticipated decision in R. v. Cole, a criminal law case with potential implications for the privacy rights of employees in the workplace. That being said, it is important to keep...
In light of the Government of Ontario’s intention of imposing a broader compensation freeze in the public sector through the proposed Protecting Public Services Act, 2012 (“PPSA, 2012”) (see our Communiqué dated September 27,...
The wage freeze that has swept over part of the broader public sector may now be spreading even further if the provincial government has its way. The Ontario government yesterday announced plans to introduce legislation that will...
On September 13, 2012, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released “Minds that Matter: Report on the consultation on human rights, mental health and addictions”. The Report compiled the findings of a province-wide consultation...
In response to the recommendations of an Expert Advisory panel commissioned to review Ontario’s occupational health and safety system, the Ministry of Labour published a new workplace poster titled “Health & Safety at Work –...
Effective January 1, 2013, nearly everyone who works in the construction industry must have Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) coverage. While the law already requires employers to cover their workers, mandatory...