by Nancy Shapiro | Dec 31, 2023 | Employment Law
We assist clients manage all kinds of risks associated with employment. Legislative compliance is one such risk. Let’s address frequently neglected obligations of an employer that we are rarely asked about. It is fall, almost Halloween, and we are not here to...
by Nancy Shapiro | Jan 9, 2023 | Employment Law
As we start off the new year it is a good time to review your practices and think of adopting some new ones. What are the ways to do what you do better? Here are a few thoughts on what we see businesses missing or getting wrong with great frequency. Not...
by Nancy Shapiro | Oct 22, 2022 | Employment Law
While the 2021 ESA amendments relating to non-competition agreements are likely to limit the circumstances in which such agreements can or will be used in the future, non-competition agreements that were in place prior to the ESA amendments remain unaffected. The...
by Nancy Shapiro | Aug 8, 2022 | Employment Law
The Ontario Court of Appeal in the 2019 decision of Dawe v. the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada held that only exceptional circumstances would support the award of a notice period in excess of 24 months in relation to the termination of someone’s...
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’...
