Computer forensics and legal implications
By Aniko Kiss and Matthew Law
Companies frequently have to deal with departing employees who try to take confidential information to a competitor and/or use the company’s confidential information to poach its clients and customers.
Employees must meet the required criteria to qualify for entitlement
By Malcolm MacKillop, Hendrik Nieuwland and Amelia Cooke, with assistance from Seth Holland
As of Jan. 1, 2018, Ontario workers will be entitled to claim benefits from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) for chronic mental stress injuries arising out of and in the course of their employment.
The same conduct may ground an award of damages for sexual harassment and moral damages
By Nadia Zaman
In a blog post about the Harvey Weinstein scandal and sexual harassment, Toronto lawyer Stuart Rudner of Rudner Law asserted that after the scandal took place, sexual harassment could no longer be seen as a “cost of doing business.” That may leave you wondering: what is the cost?
Unfair investigations can get employers in hot water
By Rich Appiah
An Alberta employee was recently awarded $75,000 for the reputational harm and mental distress he suffered from an unfair workplace investigation into his alleged misconduct and his employer’s unfounded allegations of cause for his dismissal. The decision in Lalonde v. Sena Solid Waste is another caution that employers will suffer significant financial penalty if they dismiss their employees in bad faith.
Copyright and patent ownership becomes more ambiguous in today’s flexible world of work
By Donya Vahidi
If employers are concerned about protecting their intellectual property, they should be aware of certain intellectual property ownership laws that govern ownership. While intellectual property covers a broad range of subject matter, the areas that are most commonly seen in the heart of employer-employee disputes are patents and copyrights, and to make matters interesting, the laws
By Karen Stone, CHRE
The past decade of employment law has seen more change than ever before. In Ontario, our commitment to strong human rights legislation is commendable – and it takes a lot of research, knowledge and fast-paced legal advancement to keep up with emerging areas of the law.