As an alumnus of Harvard College, I followed with interest the lawsuit challenging Harvard’s affirmative action practices in admissions.  My time at the college transformed my worldview and was [...]

Working notice of termination or pay in lieu (i.e. “severance”) is afforded to employees in order to provide them with enough income or time to find their next job. Wrongful dismissal litigation [...]

When a job is lost for reasons that an employee disagrees with, feels are unjust, or are in bad faith, what that employee sometimes wants as a remedy, above all, is to get his or her job back. [...]

For non-salaried employees and their employers, termination entitlement can be a complicated matter. Sometimes employees’ entire pay structures are centered on bonuses and commissions. Upon [...]

In nearly every situation where an employee has been terminated for just cause, both the employee and the employer are angry. Employers frequently express shock upon discovering what they [...]

For many executives, a great portion of their remuneration is derived from company shares. In the context of wrongful dismissal litigation, the value of those shares can become even more [...]

An employer has an obligation to provide a harassment-free and healthy work environment.  Ontario’s human rights legislation does not require an employee to be the direct target of a hateful or [...]

There are practices that an employer can put into play at the outset of the hiring process to ensure that they are reaching out to a diverse talent pool.  This could extend to posting job [...]

Importantly, Ontario’s Human Rights Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act do provide employment protections against discrimination in hiring and promotion based on race, creed, sex, amongst [...]

Many employers require employees to agree to a probationary period (usually 3 months, but sometimes longer) during which the employer can dismiss the employee for any lawful reason whatsoever [...]