by Nancy Shapiro | Mar 2, 2026 | Employment Law
It is reasonable to expect that the period we are in right now economically with its high rates of unemployment, increased tariffs and economic uncertainty will impact employee entitlements to reasonable notice on termination of employment. The factors which are...
by Nancy Shapiro | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Today, June 17th, 2025 marks the five-year anniversary of the release of the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Waksdale v. Swegon North America (2020 ONCA 291 (CanLll)). While employment contracts have faced repeated and diverse attacks on...
by Nancy Shapiro | Jun 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Post: I had the pleasure of speaking at the Law Society 8- Minute Employment Lawyer program on May 13th on the issue of executive compensation. Here is a link to the paper which provides a comprehensive summary of the area of use to both management and executes...
by Nancy Shapiro | Oct 30, 2024 | Employment Law
In a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, the court considered a case of pandemic layoff and whether 9 months after the layoff occurred, the employee could be said to have condoned the layoff. The Court of Appeal relied upon one of its earlier decisions in...
by Nancy Shapiro | Oct 30, 2024 | Employment Law
The Ontario Court of Appeal has now issued a decision confirming the law with respect to workplace harassment investigation reports, wherein the investigator /author of the report, will not be liable for defamation for the findings in the report. In the case at bar,...
