News & Events

Murray Gold is co-chairing the 2nd Osgoode Certificate in ESG, Climate Risk & the Law component ‘Strategic ESG Governance Topics & Pension Fund Governance’ on October 6, 2022. On that day, Murray will also be speaking about ‘Pension Fund Approaches for Offsets, Standards and Related Challenges’.

Murray Gold and Kathryn Bush are jointly presenting a ‘Canadian Legal and Legislative Update’ webcast on September 6, 2022, sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

Camille Dunbar will be on the CBC- Radio Ontario program, Ontario Today. The program will air on August 16, 2022 from noon to 1:00 p.m., and will focus on the return to work and all of the various scenarios employers and employees are facing.

In a recent decision in Mason v. The Queen, the Honourable Justice Dominique Lafleur of the Tax Court of Canada held that motor vehicle expenses that a construction foreman incurred driving to and from his home and his employer’s worksites were deductible under section 8(1)(h.1) of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th

Nancy Shapiro will be speaking at the online event, The Employment Law Masterclass Toronto, on September 8, 2022. Nancy will take part in a panel discussion on: Understanding recent trends in just cause terminations to limit exposure to legal issues. The panel will examine recent trends and themes in just cause termination cases, and identify what

Nancy Shapiro will be speaking at the CBA Labour and Employment Law Section Webinar, Constructive Dismissal: Basic Principles, Emerging Trends and Everything in Between, on September 28, 2022. Constructive dismissal is one of the most vexing topics in employment law. This webinar will cover basic principles, the latest cases from the SCC and appellate courts.

The Ontario Court of Appeal in the 2019 decision of Dawe v. the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada held that only exceptional circumstances would support the award of a notice period in excess of 24 months in relation to the termination of someone’s employment. Recently they had occasion to review that decision.  At trial

We are pleased to announce that our client, the Yellow Pages Pensioners’ Group (“YPPG”), has reached an agreement with Yellow Pages as part of Yellow Pages’ recent “share buy-back” transaction. The agreement will see a total payment of $30M paid to the pension plan in 2022 to improve the funded status of the pension plan.

On June 1, 2022, Revenu Quebec announced a new incentive program to encourage holders of unclaimed financial assets to remit these assets to Revenu Quebec. The Unclaimed Property Act imposes obligations on holders of unclaimed property – which includes benefits under a registered pension plan – to report and remit unclaimed financial assets to Revenu

Mark Zigler will be speaking at the 55th Annual Canadian Employee Benefits Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 21, 2022. Mark will take part in a panel discussion on: Legal/Legislative Developments Across Canada. The panel will discuss proposed and recently passed legislation and regulations as well as court decisions affecting pension and health and