Blaney McMurtry LLP Barristers & Solicitors

Newsletters: Employment Notes

October 2005

  • "Labour Relations Changes"
  • "Ontario Government Moves to 'Retire' Mandatory Retirement"
  • "Keays v. Honda: A Warning to Employers?"
  • "Disabled Employees Entitled to Severance Pay Under the Employment Standards Act"

April 2005

  • "New Hours of Work Procedures Introduced in Ontario"
  • "Recent Employment Standards Case: Definition of Year"
  • "Ontario Health Premium Update"
  • "How To Make a Binding Contract With Your Employees"

October 2004

  • "The End of Mandatory Retirement in Ontario?"
  • "Just Cause for Termination of Employment: Now More Complicated?"
  • "Compassionate Care Leave Now Law"
  • "Personal Health Information Protection"

April 2004

  • "Introduction of Compassionate Care Benefits"
  • "New Limitations Act"
  • "Criminal Sanctions For Health and Safety Violations"
  • "Ending the 60-Hour Work Week"
  • "Increase in Minimum Wage"

October 2003

  • "Freedom 65?"
  • "Update on Provincial Privacy Legislation"
  • "Damages for Mental Distress in Wrongful Dismissal Actions"
  • "Damages for Loss of Disability Benefits"

May 2003

  • "Employer Reaction to Emergencies"
  • "Unionized v. Non-unionized Workers: Are The Differences Diminishing?"
  • "Compassionate Family Care Leave Benefits"

October 2002

April 2002

  • "Recent Issues Regarding Disabled Employees"
  • "How do You Value The Loss of Future Employment in a Bargaining Unit?"
  • "Supreme Court Rules Secondary Picketing is Illegal"
  • "Latest Word From Ministry of Labour on Decertification Applications"
  • "Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act (Update)"

October 2001

  • "What Happens to Stock Options and Share Purchase Plans on Termination of Employment?"
  • "Disability Benefits & Damages for Wrongful Dismissal"
  • "Employment Standards Act, 2000"

March 2001

  • "Employer Liable For Harm To Intoxicated Employee"
  • "Increased Damage Exposure for Employers in Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation"
  • "Expansion of Human Rights Protection"
  • "Is a Probationary Period Really Probationary?"

March 2001

January 2001

December 2000

  • "Bill 69: Ontario Labour Relations Act". Third reading before the Ontario Legislature on November 28, 2000."

October 2000

April 2000

  • "Employee or Independent Contractor - How Can You Tell?"
  • "Divisional Court Holds Sexual Harassment Does Not Amount to Willful Misconduct"
  • "EI Act Amended to Extend Parental Leave"
  • "Potential Employer Liability For Bribery of Foreign Public Officials"
  • "Rights of Same Sex Couples Expanded"