The Customer Service Standard reporting deadline: December 31, 2012 *

Canada - December 11 2012
The Customer Service Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 has been in force for all employers in Ontario since January 1, 2012.

Co-authors: Karen R. Bock, Michael S. Richards, Leslie Frattolin, Matthew Curtis, Dan Black.

The duty to mitigate and employment agreements: Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd. *

Canada - December 11 2012
In a recent decision, Chief Justice Winkler of the Ontario Court of Appeal held that where an employment agreement specifies the amount payable to an employee on termination of employment, whether fixed or readily calculable, the parties have contracted out of the common law "reasonable notice" approach.

Co-authors: Karen R. Bock, Michael S. Richards, Leslie Frattolin, Matthew Curtis, Dan Black.

Recent developments and limits on the duty to accomodate *

Canada - June 27 2012
By this point in time, it is presumed that most employers are familiar with the need to avoid discrimination and to reasonably accommodate disabled employees to the point of undue hardship.

Co-authors: Wendy-Anne Berkenbosch.