Articles 2019

Federal employers are required under Part II of the Canada Labour Code to ensure that a workplace health and safety committee or representative inspects the work place annually. In 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal decided that duty may extend to locations that the employer does not control. A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision has clarified the scope of this duty.

Can workers' compensation issues be litigated outside of the WSIB and WSIAT? In most cases, the answer is "no."

This article makes the case for voluntary mediation of Small Claims Court employment disputes, or "Small Wrongful Dismissal Claims."

This article contains a series of tips on how parties should approach mediation, based upon my attendance at hundreds of mediation hearings as counsel for the employee, counsel for the employer and as mediator.

This article addresses whether there is any opportunity to maximize the available settlement dollars in an employment dispute by lawfully utilizing taxation categories.

When dismissing an employee, Canada Labour Code (“Code”) governed employers face different legal considerations than provincially regulated employers.

It is a fact of life. Employees sometimes need flexibility to start or leave work at different times than originally agreed with their employer. Sometimes this is because of child care issues. A recent appellate decision, Peternel v. Custom Granite & Marble Ltd., confirms that employer flexibility in granting occasional requests does not always modify the underlying employment contract.