On June 1, 2017, the government introduced Bill 148 in the Ontario Legislative Assembly, and the Bill passed unanimously on first reading. The Bill contains important amendments to Ontario’s labor and employment laws.
On May 30, 2017, the Ontario government issued its response to a Final Report recently released by two Special Advisors as part of their Changing Workplaces Review.
On May 23, 2017, the Ontario government's Special Advisors issued their Final Report reviewing the modern-day workplace and making recommendations to amend Ontario's labor and employment law statutes.
In a lawsuit involving both wrongful dismissal and defamation, Canada's Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that an employer’s negative review of an employee’s attitude during a reference check call did not amount to defamation.
Ontario’s highest court has confirmed that employment contract provisions that will breach the Employment Standards Act (‘ESA’) in the future are void and unenforceable.
In a new Ontario Court of Appeal case, the appellate court upheld the trial court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff with an unusually high legal costs award.
Courts in California and Canada have emerged as testing grounds for advancing claims of forced labor in global supply chains. The plaintiffs’ approach is to make companies more accountable to “soft law” norms like the UN Guiding Principles.
