by Nancy Shapiro | May 9, 2022 | Employment Law
It is not a criminal act to record conversations where you have the consent of one of the parties, typically by the one who is doing the recording. However, we now have a case out of British Columbia finding, criminal or not, it was an invasion of privacy and...
by Nancy Shapiro | Feb 22, 2022 | Employment Law
In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the principles in the now infamous Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391 decision were applied to a fixed term contract, striking out a termination clause where the ‘for cause’...
by Nancy Shapiro | Oct 22, 2021 | Covid-19, Employment Law
What is the hot issue in every workplace right now? Vaccine policies of course. We have yet to see a court or administrative tribunal definitively answer whether vaccine policies violate health privacy laws or employee privacy generally or whether an employer’s...
by Nancy Shapiro | May 17, 2021 | Employment Law
In a seminal decision released on March 18, 2021, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has issued a finding supporting a claim of gender-based discrimination in relation to the unconscientious perception of the applicant as a woman and the gender bias which was...
by Nancy Shapiro | Mar 22, 2021 | Employment Law
While cases before the courts will wind their way through slowly, labour arbitration hearings can move at a quicker pace. Some COVID issues have already been decided in the collective bargaining context. Of note is a recent arbitration decision in the federal context...
