The Baker Decision: How the Court of Appeal Has Shifted Employment Litigation in Ontario

The Baker Decision: How the Court of Appeal Has Shifted Employment Litigation in Ontario

Termination clauses in employment contracts are consistently one of the most debated and contentious aspects of Ontario employment law, largely for one main reason: a strong, court-upheld termination clause can limit an employee’s entitlement to notice (or pay in lieu of) to the minimums prescribed by the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”), where they may have otherwise been entitled to much, much more under common law.

Termination of Employment

Termination of Employment

If you’ve recently been let go, then you’re understandably going through a lot of mixed emotions. It can be a stressful, confusing, and uncertain time, and you will likely have a lot of questions about your rights, and the process moving forward.

Liability for Hockey Injuries

Liability for Hockey Injuries

It’s Thursday night. Your D-division non-contact men’s league is playing at the local rink’s latest possible ice time. You just want to go out, get some exercise, and then get to bed.

Can an Employer Mandate that Employees get Vaccinated Admist the COVID-19 Pandemic?

The COVID-19 vaccine is being rolled out to frontline workers and the vulnerable population, and it looks like it may soon be available to the public at large. Obviously, that’s great news. It looks like we are on our way back to some degree of normalcy. But, because we are lawyers and lawyers can’t ever just be happy and look at the positives of a situation, we’ve had to start considering the significant potential legal implications and conflicts that could arise with the largescale rollout of the vaccine.