Must Employer Give Reasons for Termination? Seems So
The traditional view of the common law has been that the employer has no obligation to provide to the employee the reason for termination. The questions to be considered are:…
Why Mediation Matters: $300,000 Costs Award for a $16,000 Result
Why Mediation Is So Important — A Lesson from Barry v. Anantharajah I recently came across an excellent commentary by Sean Brown, Partner at Flaherty McCarthy LLP, discussing the Ontario…
Chart of Alberta Human Rights Damage Awards
Alberta Human Rights Damage Awards: Chart Format
Costs in Alberta Human Rights Cases
The Act does allow the Tribunal the right to award costs, but such awards have been rare. The reasons for this are intended not to dissuade potential complainants from seeking…
Summary of Damage Awards for Failure to Investigate – August 2025
Summary of Damage Awards for Failure to Investigate - August 2025
Tax Issues in Employment Law
TAX CONSIDERATIONS IT Bulletin CRA has issued an interpretation bulletin in an attempt to define what payments related to employment issues may be taxable or non-taxable. The present bulletin became…
Equity Derivative Plans & Wrongful Dismissal – Alberta
The cases in Alberta have taken an opposite view of the issue of equity derivative plans in an employment context. In brief summary, the Ontario cases have first examined the…
Ontario – RSU – A Review of Wigdor v Facebook – Not Applicable to Alberta
Reasons-Wigdor-v-Facebook-Canada-Ltd-et-al-July-8-2025 The recent Ontario decision of Wigdor v Facebook has raised the issue of the ESA protections for the statutory notice period for equity derivative plans. In this instance, it…
Solicitor Client Retainer & The Investigation
The recent decision of Mark Hart sitting as an arbitrator appointed under a collective agreement considered whether the investigator, hired by the employer in a solicitor client capacity, violated the…
Duty of Fairness in Investigations – Canadian Juniors Alleged Sexual Assault
In R. v. McLeod 2024 ONSC 6906 - ADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENTS TO HOCKEY CANADA The November 2024 decision of Justice Bruce Thomas dealing with statements made by the defendants to…
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