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 […]
Is a Miscarriage a Disability?
Food for thought from Christine Thomlinson at Rubin Thomlinson, along with some valuable advice for employers. 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 the post is, the higher the risk that the information […]
“Cause of Action” – What is it?
A cause of action is ‘the fact or facts which give a person a right to judicial relief”. A right to a judicial relief without any facts backing up does not give rise to a cause of action. Equally, not every fact or situation or problem or loss or negative event gives right to judicial […]
The “common law” & how it’s different from “equity” & “statutory law”
Defined The “common law” is made up of those principles and “causes of action” relating to the government, property rights and personal rights including physical security which derive their authority solely from usages and customs or from the judgments and decrees of the courts recognizing, affirming and enforcing such usages and customs. It is law […]
“Equity” and how it’s different from “common law” and “statutory law”
Defined Put in a nutshell, it’s when the court concerns itself with fairness. More formally, Black’s Legal Dictionary defines it as: Justice administered according to fairness as contrasted with the strictly formulated rules of the common law. […] A system of jurisprudence collateral to, and in some cases independent of, “law”; the object of which […]
“Statutory law” and how it’s different from “equity” and “common law”
Defined Statutory law is that body of laws created by legislatures. (Ontario has all statutes, constantly updated, available at its e-laws site.) Such law includes regulations made under the statutes in question if those regulations are properly made pursuant to a valid grant of authority made by the legislature in the statute in question. (This, […]
