In a recent summary judgment decision, the court has, yet again, answered what happens when you sign a waiver without reading it first. What happened? In this case, the plaintiff was riding an ATV in a sandpit at a motorsports park in Brockville when the vehicle...
A recent decision out of Manitoba saw its Court of Appeal confirm that an employer was not obligated to conduct an investigation before dismissing an employee for “cause”. This is decision can certainly be considered a “win” for employers, who are feeling the pressure...
In a January 28, 2021 decision, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court, recognized a new tort as the only way to provide redress to the victims of a multi-decade campaign of despicable conduct “unrestrained by basic tenets of decency” culminating in four distinct...
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court confirms that an employer finding out their employee was acting against its interests and then dismissing them is not an intrusion of their privacy. In Wakeling v. Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc., Healey J., was...
On top of daily changes by the Ontario government to employment law in Ontario during the COVID-19 emergency, the Ontario Court of Appeal has added one more uncertainty employers need to manage. The Court’s June 17, 2020 decision, Waksdale v. Swegon North America...
