Blog Posts
Ed Canning
Oct 31, 2016
We often hear about
wrongful dismissal cases but not so often about
wrongful quitting cases.
Ed Canning
Oct 17, 2016
What information can you share at work that may lead to you losing out on a promotion, being passed up for extra training, not receiving your expected raise or bonus, being marginalized in decision making processes or isolated and treated with kid gloves?...... Tell them you are sick.
Ed Canning
Oct 03, 2016
People often used the term “laid off” to describe a termination due to a shortage of work. That is not what it means. A layoff pursuant to the
Employment Standards Act (ESA) happens when an employee is temporarily sent home with some expectation that they will be recalled to work when things pick up. That is not a termination.
Ed Canning
Sep 19, 2016
Today, a just cause quiz. If you are not in a union, an employer does not need any reason to terminate your employment. If there is just cause, however, you don’t get any severance package. If there is not just cause for your termination, you do.
Ed Canning
Sep 06, 2016
Aazim worked for in an oil-field in Alberta taking care of tailing ponds. He was a pump operator and his job was to make sure that everything was working properly so that nothing leaked out. He is a black man of Arabic descent. A few years after he started, when the winter season came, he was transferred to the shop until spring.
Ed Canning
Aug 22, 2016
The most important term in any employment contract is the termination clause. Everything else changes: wages, job description, vacation entitlement, and even the benefit plan details.
Ed Canning
Aug 08, 2016
The
Employment Standards Act of Ontario sets out minimum entitlements for employees. It covers everything from minimum wage to overtime to parental leaves.
Ed Canning
Jul 25, 2016
Among many other things, human rights codes across the country prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of a disability. If an employee cannot perform all aspects of their job, the employer has to find a way to accommodate them. The only defence available to the employer is to establish that: 1) the task the employee cannot do is a reasonable and
bona fide part of the job and 2) it would be an undue hardship on the employer to accommodate that limitation.
Ed Canning
Jul 11, 2016
About five years ago, Karen owned a scented candle stall in a market in London, Ontario. One day she hired a friend to work part of the day at the stall. Her friend was transgender. She brought two friends who were also transgender.
Ed Canning
Jun 27, 2016
When people are terminated from their employment, it is often a time to pause and reflect. Those reflections sometimes lead to a desire for a new career path.