Category: Workplace Law
In a recent decision in the Ontario Court of Appeal (Royal Bank of Canada v. Samson Management), the Court upheld guarantee language that was clearly designed to take away common-law
Most of us know that employers have the right to terminate an employee ‘for cause’ at any time during the employment relationship. If an employer has ‘cause’ to terminate an
Can an employer require employees to speak only a certain language in and around the workplace? A related question is: can an employer only hire employees with certain language skills?
A recent case in the Federal Court of Canada has nudged the door open a little further to more liberal rights for workers needing work accommodations to care for family
A recent case in Alberta (Globex- 2011) suggests that an employer who terminates an employee without just cause and without sufficient notice repudiates the contract of the employment and thus
In most cases employees are not overly concerned about the precise legal identity of their employer. It does become an important issue when the employment relationship breaks down and the