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Decriminalization of Marijuana Creating a Buzz for Employers

Decriminalization of Marijuana Creating a Buzz for Employers

  • December 20, 2016
  • Lisa Bolton and Andrew Ebejer

With the Federal Government's plan to remove marijuana consumption and incidental possession from the Criminal Code employers must consider how to manage the use of marijuana in the workplace.

Labour and Employment Law
Employers’ Duty to Protect Employees on Social Media: Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 v Toronto Transit Commission (Use of Social Media Grievance)

Employers’ Duty to Protect Employees on Social Media: Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 v Toronto Transit Commission (Use of Social Media Grievance)

  • November 11, 2016
  • Kassia Bonisteel is an associate at Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP. Kassia practices labour and employment law and civil litigation for trade unions, associations and individual employees and appears before labour arbitrators, administrative tribunals and the courts.

Do employers have a duty to protect employees from harassment arising from employer operated social media?

Labour and Employment Law
LTIP Plans All Askew?

LTIP Plans All Askew?

  • May 09, 2016
  • Adrian Ishak

Common law duty of good faith (aka Bhasin) wreaking havoc on interpretation of terms in employment contracts.

Labour and Employment Law
Emerging Privacy Torts May Target More Than Just Snooping Employees

Emerging Privacy Torts May Target More Than Just Snooping Employees

  • April 14, 2016
  • Rhonda Shirreff

Since the Ontario Court of Appeal recognized the tort of “intrusion upon seclusion” in the landmark decision Jones v. Tsige, a spotlight has been turned on the issue of unauthorized employee snooping into clients’ personal records for purposes of their own. Further, with the recent recognition of novel privacy torts by both the Federal Court of Canada and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, employers could face new risks when employees decide to push private matters into public view.

Labour and Employment Law

A Summary of Submissions to the Changing Workplaces Review

  • February 25, 2016
  • Phi Nguyen

Public Consultations for the government of Ontario's Changing Workplaces Review have concluded with many interested groups making submissions on how the Employment Standards Act should be amended to better respond to the way Ontarians work. This article summarizes the recommendations made by the Ontario Bar Association and other organizations of both pro-worker and pro-business perspectives, and comments on the changes that are likely to come.

Labour and Employment Law
Bill 113 Passed: Implications of New Police Record Checks in Employment

Bill 113 Passed: Implications of New Police Record Checks in Employment

  • February 24, 2016
  • Jodi Solomon

The Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, was passed last December. Employers should familiarize themselves with this new law and begin to prepare for new administrative and organizational steps to incorporate the changes that it will necessitate in the employment arena.

Labour and Employment Law