To grieve or not to grieve?
In choosing arbitration over an OHRT hearing, an employer must consider speed and expense. Photo credit: Pexels/Sora Shimazaki The standard process in Ontario…
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More imbalanced labour laws are bad news for Canada
The whole notion of collective bargaining is predicated on there being a reasonable balance between the union and the employer. Prohibiting the employer from…
Holiday parties: making your lists and checking them twice
Are you an employer looking to throw a company party this holiday season? Read on. Photo credit: Pexels/Kampus Production With the opening up…
Employers beware: how a termination is conducted just as important as why
Breaching the ESA’s post-termination payment schedule can now lead to moral and punitive damage awards in wrongful dismissal cases, as the recent Pohl v.…
Trudeau’s luxury tax will harm blue-collar workers
With its preoccupation with going after the rich, Ottawa is forgetting about the Canadian workers who will get caught in the crossfire. Hundreds…
The kids aren’t alright
A recent study showed that Canada’s under-30 crowd is generally pessimistic about the future, especially in regard to employment, income, and the possibility of…
Volunteer or employee? Employers beware of volunteer misclassifications
The Ontario Superior Court recently ordered Toronto-based student travel firm S-Trip to pay a group of former staff $450,000 after misclassifying the workers as…
The state of the unions
At right around 31 per cent, Canada has one of the world’s highest unionization rates. However, not all Canadian sectors are created equal, with…
‘Quiet quitting’ – it’s a thing
Though hardly a new concept, the pandemic has revitalized and made more acceptable the notion of putting in the bare minimum while on the…
Small business pandemic carnage
The true extent of the economic damage inflicted by the pandemic and its associated government policies on Canada’s mom-and-pop shops will take years to…