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Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube and personal email accounts.how far can an employer go when it comes to using their contents as evidence against an employee?

Norton Rose LLP
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Canada
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May 7 2013

With the proliferation of social media, employers are more and more tempted to resort to their employees' personal accounts so as to obtain valuable

Resignation as a bargaining weapon a double-edged sword

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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May 16 2013

Threatening to resign, when used by an employee to bargain for better working conditions, is a weapon that cuts both ways. A tactic of this sort

Notice of resignation: will employers still be notified before an employee leaves?

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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May 14 2013

In a recent decision, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled for the first time that an employer can waive the notice given by an employee who resigns

Psychological harassment complaints when the investigator gets sued

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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May 8 2013

In a recent judgment by the Court of Québec which may raise a few eyebrows, an investigator hired by an employer to inquire into psychological

Workplace investigations

Norton Rose LLP
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Canada
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March 28 2012

An employer’s decision to respond to an employee complaint with a fair, thorough, and well-conducted workplace investigation is critical in ensuring that any decision made with respect to that complaint is well reasoned and justifiable

Restrictive covenant arising from sale of business found unreasonable: Ontario Court of Appeal

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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April 16 2013

The common law distinguishes between the enforceability of restrictive covenants arising out of a sale of business and covenants in the employment

Federal Court holds employers must accommodate parental childcare obligations

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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April 11 2013

A recent Federal Court decision has held that the Canadian Human Rights Act extends protection to employees who require accommodation for parental

Unjust dismissal: different possible awards

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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April 16 2013

Last month, the Commission des relations du travail ("CRT") rendered a decision following a finding of unjust dismissal that serves as a good

Quebec Court of Appeal: CSST has jurisdiction to the exclusion of the grievance arbitrator

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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May 4 2012

A Quebec Court of Appeal decision dated January 30, 2012, reaffirms that a grievance arbitrator has no jurisdiction to rule on a worker’s reinstatement, with accommodations, in the same job he or she held before an employment injury when the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) has already rendered a decision on the matter

Relief for critical injury reporting requirements under the OHSA

Norton Rose LLP
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Canada
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April 4 2013

"Where a person is killed or critically injured from any cause at a workplace", section 51(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act obligates

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