Juries punish employers: two recent cases highlight the risk of treating employees poorly *

Canada - April 26 2013
Two recent cases suggest that juries are prepared to punish employers for improper conduct. One long-service employee was awarded…

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Social media background checks in Canada – do the risks outweigh the rewards? *

Canada - April 10 2013
Background checks are an important tool for employers to assess the suitability of candidates for employment opportunities within the organization…

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Overtime class actions – leave to appeal denied *

Canada - March 23 2013
In June 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal released two decisions allowing class action lawsuits to proceed against major Canadian banks: Fresco v…

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Ontario Court of Appeal recognises new tort for invasion of privacy *

Canada - February 1 2013
Faced with the discovery that someone else had accessed her bank records more than 174 times, without authorisation or any lawful reason, Sandra…

Co-authors: Hartley Lefton.

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Employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in workplace computers, says Supreme Court *

Canada - November 7 2012
The Supreme Court of Canada's long-awaited decision in R v Cole – a case involving a high school teacher caught with nude photographs of an underage female student on his school board-issued laptop – has confirmed that employees can expect a reasonable level of privacy in connection with personal information stored on workplace computers.

Co-authors: Paul Boshyk .

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