Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request “Double your chances: Actions Against Employer, Insurance Company Save Disabled Employees Money, Increase Awards, Reduce Risk” Advantages to Suing Your Insurance Company and Employer in the Same Action Disability benefit eligibility issues and accommodation within the workplace go hand-in-hand..

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request LTD Benefits and Damages: Defining “Reasonable”: 4.5 million dollar punitive damages award When venturing into the disability benefits area of law, what is “reasonable” in terms of punitive and aggravated damages can be a grey area. Different factors, including.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Discriminating Against Pregnant Employees: A Costly Mistake This blog post will be the first in a 4-part monthly series on pregnancy, maternity leave and discrimination. This is a long-standing issue within the employment (and human rights sphere) and there.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Employment and Long-Term Disability or Death: How Your Entitlements are Affected The end of an employment relationship is not always cut and dry. A frustration of contract, that is, a situation in which the terms of an employment contract.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Courts emphasize consequences for denying disability benefits to deserving employees Denial of LTD benefits The expansion of entitlements in the disability benefits area of employment law has been major as of late. It all started with Brito v. Canac.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Alleged Job Abandonment Many companies have “No Call, No Show” procedures. And many companies, naturally, expect employees to show up for their scheduled timeslots. But should companies be so quick to identify an employee as “resigned” or as having.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Obesity an Illness Deserving of Protection Against Discrimination? European court says “Yes” In the near future, Canadian human rights legislation may see “weight” as a prohibited ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c.19, and its equivalents.

Call us for a FREE 30 minute phone consultation at 416-907-9249 or submit a callback request Long Term Disability Benefits: Does Your Insurance Company Really Have the Last Word? As an employment law firm, we get many questions surrounding disability benefits and entitlements to these benefits. One of the most common issues arises wherein a.