Jonathan’s Jots

In some refreshing news, the Ontario government has announced changes to the Employment Standards Act to ensure that folks who join the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves and have to leave their civilian jobs for weeks on end for military exercises, are not penalized by their employers. Given that the federal

I was pleased to be defence (employer) counsel in the recent Superior Court trial decision of Pepper v Lamb. Mr. Lamb owned a small proprietorship that sold promotional products. Ms. Pepper was his longstanding, only employee, and realistically, she ran the business. A dispute arose over music being played, of

I just saw this announced on the news today. Since the Ministry of Labour is bringing the charges, presumably they are under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, (OHSA). The OHSA and its regulations are quite complex, but essentially a workplace and specifically those in any level of management in

The legal profession, and thus our clients, will benefit from a well written and well researched recent Superior Court decision out of British Columbia about Covid lay offs and constructive dismissal. The case is called Verigan v Ensemble Travel Ltd. The case is a great “one stop shopping” place for

The see- saw continues on the issue of whether a lay-off during Covid constitutes a constructive dismissal. The first Ontario Superior Court trial level decision came out a few months ago and said that the recent amendments to the Employment Standards Act by the Ford government regarding lay-offs did not

Many cases involving construction disputes end up in the Small Claims Court. The appeals from that court go to the Divisional Court, which is one or more Superior Court trial judges, sitting as an appeal court on questions of law. In the case of Edges Contracting v Ghotbi, the contract