In Canada, if you are receiving EI (Employment Insurance), you need to be actively looking for work so if you do get work, and it

On February 22, 2022, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team announced that they have reached a settlement of nearly $22,000,000 in damages for pay discrimination,

On February 28, 2022, the Government of Ontario announced the Working for Worker’s Act 2022 (“Working for Worker’s Act 2”). This Act, which passed on

With the implementation of smartphones and electronic communications technology, the modern workplace has become increasingly mobile. With remote working technology, there has been a growing

An employee’s statutory entitlement to vacation pay is defined under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, employees have been increasingly

Out of hundreds of employment law cases published by Ontario Courts each year, only a handful will set precedents that will be cited for years

On Nov. 30, 2021, Bill 27: Working for Workers Act, 2021, was passed. Once this bill receives royal assent, it will become law in Ontario.

In Ontario, there is no general rule forbidding an employer from proposing a pay cut. However, an employer that unilaterally imposes a pay cut on

The concept of at-will employment does not exist in Canada. Unless one signs a fixed-term contract, most employment in Canada is considered to be for

An employer may demote an employee for a wide range of reasons. An employee may have failed to meet the requirements of the probationary period

“Totally disabled” is a legal term with a special meaning. Generally, the definition of “totally disabled” in Long Term Disability policies is: If the employee

While the terms are often used interchangeably, being terminated is not legally the same as being laid off. The legal concepts are related but the