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Ontario launches “Stop the Spread” COVID-19 information hotline‎

Canada - March 26 2020 The Office of the Premier of Ontario announced the launch of a toll-free phone line to respond to ‎inquiries from businesses concerning the Province…

The rubber hits the road: the Ontario Labour Relations Board holds that Foodora couriers are ‎dependent contractors ‎

Canada - March 11 2020 In the Ontario Labour Relation Board’s (“OLRB”) first decision concerning workers in the “gig ‎economy”, the OLRB held that Foodora Inc. (“Foodora”)…

Michael S. Richards, Jennifer Seal

Round-up of the Ontario Court of Appeal’s employment decisions in 2019‎

Canada - February 19 2020 In 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal ("ONCA") provided us with guidance on matters of employment law. Below, in brief, are key points from many of…

Pre-nups are to marriage as termination clauses are to employment: You need to consider the end at the beginning

Canada - January 15 2020 In McGuinty v. 1845035 Ontario Inc., 2019 ONSC 4108, Justice Gordon awarded $1,274,174.83 in damages to an employee who had been constructively…

An employer’s guide for what NOT to do: Ruston v. Keddco Mfg. (2011) Ltd.

Canada - October 7 2019 In Ruston v. Keddco Mfg. (2011) Ltd., 2019 ONCA 125, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that an employer’s improper conduct in the course of…