Employers often use restrictive covenants to limit what an employee can do both during and after employment. The two primary restrictive covenants are “non-competition” clauses and [...]

In the field of employment law the following two principles are well established: A wrongfully dismissed employee is entitled to damages for the loss of wages and salary as well as other [...]

On September 3, 2020 the Ontario Government announced that they were extending the stay on the temporary layoff rules under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) to prevent temporary layoffs [...]

On June 25th, the federal government launched the Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG), a program aimed at encouraging post-secondary students and recent graduates to volunteer with not-for-profit [...]

For many Employers across Ontario who were forced to temporarily lay off their staff in March 2020, the fact that it was soon going to be thirteen weeks since they had laid off their staff was a [...]

On the lighter side The idea that sometimes people can get “too close” is not new.  Seinfield’s “close talker” episode made people both laugh, and cringe, as Elaine’s boyfriend launched himself [...]

In the employment law blogosphere, there is much chatter about whether the COVID-19 pandemic extends periods of reasonable notice. As a lawyer who represents employees and employers, I’ve been [...]

Employers looking to reopen must first turn their minds to recalling employees from their temporary lay-offs. When must I do it? Lay-offs are governed by the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and [...]

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, many students have lost their summer job opportunities. To make matters worse, these same students do not qualify for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit [...]

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented number of employers have been forced to place their employees on lay off. In an effort to support those employers facing financial [...]