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As a leading employment and labour law firm, our lawyers frequently write for industry and professional publications on a wide range of topics related to our practice areas.

One of the ways we assist clients to remain current on workplace issues and developments in the law is through our newsletter — Management Counsel. To subscribe to our newsletter and other publications, please click on the “subscribe” button below.

One of the ways we assist clients to remain current on workplace issues and developments in the law is through our Briefing Notes. To subscribe to our Briefing Notes and other publications, please click on the “subscribe” below.

Publications - Canadian HR Reporter

Out of sight, out of mind not a winning strategy

October 7, 2024 | Erin R. Kuzz

Some employers believe that if an employee is absent from the workplace for medical reasons, there comes a point when their employment effectively ends and no further action is required. This is not o...

Publications - CBC News

CBC’s Jacqueline Hansen speaks with Sundeep Gokhale

September 24, 2024 | Sundeep A. Gokhale

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Out of Sight – Out of Mind is NOT a Winning Strategy – Ignoring an employee on a long-term medical leave can be unnecessarily costly for employers

August 2024 | Erin R. Kuzz

Some employers believe if an employee is absent from the workplace for medical reasons, there comes a point when their employment effectively ends and no further action is required. This is not only a...

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

A Deal is a Deal. A forfeiture clause is enforceable – says Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

August 2024 | Arash Farzam-Kia

In an employment dispute, settlement documents often include a confidentiality and/or non-disparagement clause limiting what the parties can say about the dispute, the settlement, and each other. But ...

Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Ontario’s Minimum Wage Increase Now in Effect

October 1, 2024 | Sherrard Kuzz LLP

The Ontario Employment Standards Act (“ESA”),[1] sets out minimum wage rates that apply to most employees in Ontario. These rates are adjusted annually based on inflation. The latest scheduled inc...

Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Ontario Launches Consultation on Forthcoming Job Posting Rules

September 12, 2024 | Sherrard Kuzz LLP

The Government of Ontario has launched a public consultation on job posting rules under the Ontario Employment Standards Act.[1] Some of these rules were introduced in the recently passed Working fo...

Publications - Canadian HR Reporter

Out of sight, out of mind not a winning strategy

October 7, 2024 | Erin R. Kuzz

Publications - CBC News

CBC’s Jacqueline Hansen speaks with Sundeep Gokhale

September 24, 2024 | Sundeep A. Gokhale

Publications - HR News Canada

Whose property is it anyway? Employee not entitled to use of company car during disputed notice period

August 19, 2024 | Jackson Lund , Jemma Lewis

In 415909 Canada Inc c.o.b. PARS 2000 v Moghadam,[1] the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that an employee must first prove they were wrongfully dismissed and entitled to common law reasonable n...

Publications - Human Resources Director (HRD)

Whose property is it anyway? Employee not entitled to use of company car during disputed notice period

August 28, 2024 | Jackson Lund , Jemma Lewis

Publications - Canadian HR Reporter

Labour arbitrators share concurrent jurisdiction with Human Rights Tribunal: Ontario court

June 17, 2024 | Cameron Miller

In Weilgosh v. London District Catholic School Board, 2024 CanLII 20606, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) confirmed that labour arbitrators share concurrent jurisdiction with t...

Publications - HR News Canada

Ontario court confirms labour arbitrators share concurrent jurisdiction with human rights tribunal

May 17, 2024 | Cameron Miller

In Weilgosh v London District Catholic School Board,[1] the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) confirmed that labour arbitrators share concurrent jurisdiction with the Human Rights T...

Publications - Human Resources Director

$850,000 fine against company and owner/director signals increased risk under OHSA

April 25, 2024 | Luiza Vikhnovich , Jemma Lewis

The Ontario Court of Justice (Ottawa Region) recently accepted a guilty plea and joint submission on penalty, arising out of a workplace explosion in January 2022 that tragically killed six workers an...

Publications - Human Resources Director

Ontario Human Rights Tribunal deems forfeiture clause in settlement agreement is enforceable

April 4, 2024 | Arash Farzam-Kia

Often, in an employment dispute, the settlement documents will include a confidentiality and/or non-disparagement clause limiting what the parties can say about the dispute, the settlement, and each o...

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Out of Sight – Out of Mind is NOT a Winning Strategy – Ignoring an employee on a long-term medical leave can be unnecessarily costly for employers

August, 2024

| Erin R. Kuzz

August, 2024

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

A Deal is a Deal. A forfeiture clause is enforceable – says Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

August, 2024

| Arash Farzam-Kia

August, 2024

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Is an Employment Agreement Worth the Paper On Which It’s Written?

April, 2024

| Erin R. Kuzz

April, 2024

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

It often appears the answer is ‘no,’ but it doesn’t have to be. In fact, an employment agreement remains one of the few tools available to an employer to limit liability in the context of termin...

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

What is Protected Under Human Rights Legislation? Veganism is not protected, caste is

April, 2024

| Aicha Raeburn-Cherradi | Jeremy Ambraska

April, 2024

| Jeremy Ambraska

Human rights tribunals across the country are grappling with what is – and more importantly what is not – discrimination under human rights legislation. A human rights tribunal cannot consider a g...

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Who’s in control? Supreme Court of Canada addresses when an owner is an employer on a construction site

January, 2024

| Daniel Averbach

January, 2024

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

A construction site involves many actors: the owner, constructor, subcontractors and workers. All have separate, but often overlapping, obligations under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety A...

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Planning for future employment with a competitor, not a breach of fiduciary duty – So says Court of Appeal for Ontario

January, 2024

| Jeremy Ambraska

January, 2024

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

In EF Institute for Cultural Exchange Limited v WorldStrides Canada, Inc.,[1] the Court of Appeal for Ontario held that an employee had not breached his fiduciary duty to his former employer when he m...

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Holiday Party Dos and Don’ts

November, 2023

| Reilly Everitt-Cunningham

November, 2023

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

As the holiday season approaches, it’s time to revisit the law of employer host liability. If your organization plans to host a workplace holiday party where alcohol or other legal intoxicants may b...

Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Fixed-Term Agreements Are Not One Size Fits All

November, 2023

| Sarah MacKay Marton

November, 2023

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

A fixed-term employment contract may appear attractive to an employer because it provides flexibility to respond to fluctuating operational needs and creates cost certainty. However, the risks to an e...

Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Ontario’s Minimum Wage Increase Now in Effect

October 01, 2024

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Ontario Launches Consultation on Forthcoming Job Posting Rules

September 12, 2024

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Ontario Introduces Minimum Wage and Other Rules for Digital Platform Workers

September 11, 2024

| Aicha Raeburn-Cherradi | Colten Lavery

The Ontario Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022[1] (the “Act”) and O. Reg. 344/24 (the “Regulation”), came into force on September 5, 2024 and will take effect on July 1, 2025. The Ac...

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Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

A New (Final?) Chapter in the R v City of Sudbury Saga ~ City acquitted of all OHSA charges because it exercised due diligence

August 28, 2024

| Daniel Averbach | Luiza Vikhnovich

In what is likely to be the final chapter in the long R v City of Sudbury saga, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld the acquittal of the City of Sudbury (“City”) from all Occupational Hea...

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Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

New Restrictions on “Low-wage” Stream of Temporary Foreign Workers Program

August 28, 2024

| Sherrard Kuzz LLP

On August 26, 2024, the Government of Canada announced rule changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers (“TFW”) Program. These changes will increase restrictions on an employer hiring “low-wage” ...

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Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

Whose Property Is It Anyway? Employee Not Entitled to Use of Company Car During (Disputed) Notice Period

August 18, 2024

| Jackson Lund | Jemma Lewis

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Bill C-27: The Digital Charter Implementation Act Proposed Legislation to Modernize Canadian Privacy Law

August 06, 2024

| Aicha Raeburn-Cherradi | Sophia Adey

Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, was introduced in the Canadian House of Commons on June 16, 2022, passed first and second readings, and is currently before the Standing Committee on...

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Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP

British Columbia Legislation Introduces Minimum Wage and Other Rules for “Online Platform Workers”

July 30, 2024

| Aicha Raeburn-Cherradi | Tatiana Kosikova

First-of-its-kind legislation in Canada regarding “online platform workers” will take effect in British Columbia on September 3, 2024. Online platform workers include workers who – via an online...

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