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On December 15, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada (“Supreme Court”) delivered a significant decision in the area of human rights law. According to the Supreme Court, employers are not the only ones who are prohibited from committing discriminatory harassment against employees. British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal v. Schrenk concerned claims of discrimination in the

The recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal found that a single act of dishonesty by an employee at the time of completing an employment application could give rise to cause for the termination of his employment. The employee working in the area of atomic energy sought to become employed as an industrial safety

Does an employer’s failure to pay a $300,000 bonus constitute constructive dismissal? Not according to Chapman v. GPM Investment Management, a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal.  Although there was no doubt that the employer had breached the employment contract by failing to pay the bonus, this conduct did not substantially alter an

In the recent case of Bellehumeur v Windsor Factory Supply Ltd, the appellant suffered from various “disabilities”, which had been reported to the respondent, and for which the respondent was found to have provided reasonable accommodation.  The appellant was thereafter terminated for cause after he made violent threats towards another employee.  The appellant alleged that

The employee was hired in 2010 into a senior sales position with IBM (the ’employer’).  Although the employee had access to office space, his role was substantially based out of his home. At the time of his hiring the employee disclosed to the employer that he had a privately held business which designed and sold residential