Employment law
The hidden clauses concealed in job offers that can haunt you later
May 2, 2013 9:47 AM3 Comments
When you receive that job offer that you've been hoping for, be sure to read it carefully before signing on the dotted line. Increasingly, employers are stashing hidden clauses in your contract that can come back to bite you later.
Category: Employment law
Three ways you can lose your job with no compensation whatsoever
Mar 27, 2013 10:37 AM3 Comments
Think you're entitled to severance or some sort of compensation if you suddenly lose your job? Maybe not. There are three fairly common circumstances where an employer has no obligation at all to provide any sort of a severance package to a departing staff member.
Category: Employment law
Woman fired for being 'irresistibly attractive'
Jan 4, 2013 12:41 PM24 Comments
We've written in the past about the perils of being too attractive and how that can potentially get in the way of your landing a job. Well, a story that made headlines last week adds a new twist to the situation.
Category: Employment law, Latest news & advice
Constructive dismissal: What happens if you're hired to do a job but that job changes or disappears?
Dec 12, 2012 9:44 AM1 Comments
You're hired for a particular role, you get a job description and you start working. Then, a few months later, the company changes direction and your role changes. What do you do?
Category: Employment law
Disabled worker paid $1.25 per hour has viable human rights complaint
Nov 22, 2012 10:19 AM1 Comments
The Ontario Human Rights Commission has made the rare move of reconsidering its earlier judgement in the case of a disabled woman who was paid a small fraction of what her coworkers earned.
Category: Employment law
Know your rights: How to protect your health and safety at work
Aug 30, 2012 11:09 AM0 Comments
We've all heard the workplace horror stories about unclean, unsafe or unsavory job conditions. What does the law say, and how can you protect yourself from dangerous work environments?
Category: Employment law, Life @ work, Student
'Indirect harassment' is ruled just cause for firing
May 10, 2012 11:25 AM0 Comments
Can a person sexually harass a coworker who is not in the room at the time? And if so, can this behaviour constitute legal grounds for dismissal? A recent court case says yes to both questions. What happened?
Category: Employment law
Was RIM justified in firing its drunken executives?
Dec 21, 2011 3:29 PM3 Comments
Our employment lawyer weighs in on the legality of Research In Motion firing its two employees whose intoxicated behaviour disrupted a flight that they were on.
Category: Employment law
There is no cap on the severance you can be paid
Nov 15, 2011 4:44 PM0 Comments
The Ontario Court of Appeal has brought down a ruling that alters some long-standing beliefs about what the maximum severance pay employers have to offer lower-level workers.
Category: Employment law
When suing your former employer backfires
Nov 2, 2011 10:25 AM4 Comments
One woman is ordered by the Ontario Superior Court to pay her previous employer nearly $30,000.00 in court costs over a 'frivolous' lawsuit that she brought against them. What happened?
Category: Employment law
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