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On October 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Court”) ruled that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) pension plan breaches section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”) on the ground of sex and perpetuates discrimination against women by precluding members who participate in job-sharing arrangements from purchasing full-time pension

On October 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Court”) ruled that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) pension plan breaches section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”) on the ground of sex and perpetuates discrimination against women by precluding members who participate in job-sharing arrangements from purchasing full-time pension

Philip Graham will be speaking at IFEBP’s Conference on October 16, 2020. Philip will be participating in a panel discussion on “COVID-19 and Return to Work: Legal Implications for Employers”. For more information about the conference, please click here.

The changes to the Construction Act that came into effect in 2018 and 2019 should be familiar to most in the industry by now. By way of reminder, Prompt Payment and Adjudication came into force on October 1, 2019. In essence, new payment timelines and obligations were instituted to address the chronic payment delays that plagued

We are pleased to announce that Arleen Huggins, one of our Litigation Partners, has been selected by the Law Society of Ontario as a recipient of a 2020 Law Society Medal. Arleen is being recognized by the Law Society as a leader in the legal profession who has been instrumental in advocating for inclusiveness for racialized

Philip Graham will be speaking at Lancaster House’s National Human Rights and Accommodation Conference on October 7, 2020.  Philip will be participating in a panel discussion on “Crunched by the Numbers: Artificial intelligence, algorithmic discrimination, and other emerging issues in workplace privacy law”. For more information about the conference, please click here.

It has been a tumultuous year in the land of employment law in Canada.  What had become viewed as rock solid termination provisions began to get thrown out at the end of 2019 in the Court of Appeal decision in Andros v. Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Inc.  and 2020 has seen several other decisions, including Waksdale

We are pleased to announce our formal affiliation with Donna Gray, an industrial relations practitioner with expertise in the post-secondary education sector. Under this arrangement, she will provide consultative advice and services to the firm’s clients, especially in the post-secondary sector. Ms. Gray has worked in the labour movement for more than 30 years and

On March 17, 2020, the Government of Ontario declared a provincial state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequent workplace closures and public health recommendations instantly moved a significant number of businesses online, including health care providers and organizations that use and disclose personal health information. The Government of Ontario reacted to this

In our June 3, 2020 Blog titled O. Reg. 228/20- Ontario Government Effort to Avoid Deemed Terminations and the Onslaught of Constructive Dismissal Claims Under the ESA, we provided you with details of a critical amendment to the Employment Standards Act, 2000(“ESA“),  which prevented temporary layoffs due to COVID-19 from automatically becoming a permanent job