Standards have to be evenly applied
“[H]aving standards of respectable civic discourse is not a bad thing. But standards that are applied unilaterally to one side are not standards, they’re weapons.” Daniel Greeenfield, Front Page magazine, June 8, 2016 This post is done by Camberwell House for informational, discussion and educational purposes only. It is NOT to provide specific legal advice […]
You can’t contract out of WSIA
“Court of Appeal: Employee Injury Waiver Declared Void” Barry Kwasniewski, of Carters LLP, gives employers important information in the Charity & NFP Law Bulletin, No.384, April 28, 2016: “On January 26, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a significant decision concerning the enforceability of personal injury liability waivers affecting the legal rights of employees […]
“Supreme Court Tightens Standard of Review for Contract Interpretation”
WeirFoulds LLP’s Kenneth Prehogan: “Following upon the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Heritage Capital Corporation v. Equitable Trust, 2016 SCC 19, it will be significantly more difficult to successfully appeal decisions of trial court judges in contract matters. The Supreme Court ruled on May 6, 2016 that the applicable standard of review for […]
Management’s 5 Key Responsibilities to Tackle Workplace Mental Health
Patrizia Piccolo (of Rubin Thomlinson LLP) has an excellent article up. Those key 5 responsibilities: 1. Prevention and Promotion – “Managers should understand their organizational needs and identify potential and existing issues.” 2. Staff Education – “Managers should ensure that education is provided on the realities of mental illness in order to remove the stigma associated […]
ALL Small Claims forms can now be submitted online
From the Attorney General’s press release: “Now, all small claims up to $25,000 can be filed online through a convenient, around-the-clock service including claims for amounts that are not definite or exact, such as an award for property damage or personal injury.” “There are two convenient ways to file online: ‘Filing Wizard’ can help people […]
New Legislation Aimed at Ending Employer “Tip Theft”
David Witowski of Rubin Thomlinson LLP has a good post on this problem and the proposed solution. His “key takeaways and best practices”? “Ensure the distribution formula is in writing, clear and based on factors correlated to job performance; “Inform all employees of the distribution formula; “Pay redistributed tips and gratuities to employees in a […]
“On call” shifts
Michele Glasford of MacKinnon Law Associates has a very useful article on the problems for both workers and employers regarding the use of “on-call” shifts. It is here, courtesy of FirstReference.com: “Tempest in a teapot – How to make your employees boil over“. This post is done by Camberwell House for informational, discussion and educational […]
A new area code for SW Ontario and western GTA
“A new area code 548 will be introduced on June 4 in the 519 and 226 regions. There will be no change to … existing phone numbers however, new numbers beginning with 548 may be created. Charges and calling areas are the same for the new area codes.” [Bell Mobility]
Worthy of remembering: tainted blood
A recent debate on my personal facebook with a law school classmate, David Harvey led me to ponder the excellent work that he did on the tainted blood scandal. While he is no longer practicing he has been posting of late his concerns on the proposals to allow cash for blood donations in the American […]
OHRT makes steakhouse pay $12k after ignoring germaphobe’s requests
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/steakhouse-loses-12000-human-rights-tribunal-ruling-after-ignoring-germaphobes-requests This is a very worrying case. To my eye it stretches the human rights requirement of “reasonable accommodation” out to “whatever he says he wants”. This post is done by Camberwell House for informational, discussion and educational purposes only. It is NOT to provide specific legal advice and does not do so. The older […]
