Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Authors - Alan Riddell & Kyle Van Schie Revised November 2021 Now that the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic finally appear to be over, in most parts of the country, thanks to widespread vaccination, many offices are reopening, or…
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Authors – Alan Riddell & Kyle Van Schie If your organization is looking to cut its staffing costs during the pandemic, this Winter, it has six different options for doing so. Here are those six options, along with the pros and cons of…
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Authors – Alan Riddell & Kyle Van Schie Increased Minimum Wage For Employees As of October 1, 2020, the minimum wage for most Ontario workers was increased by 25 cents from $14.00 per hour to $14.25 per hour. This is the first of…
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Authors - Alan Riddell & Kyle Van Schie This past Summer, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a surprising, and truly revolutionary, decision that potentially invalidates the termination clauses in hundreds of thousands of employment contracts across Ontario. Going forward,…
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
The Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2020, which amends the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 (the “Act”) to allow real estate brokers and salespersons in Ontario to incorporate, received Royal Assent on March 4, 2020. The ability…
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
By Ursula Melinz, Philip Osterhout and Krista Libman As a result of legislation passed by the Province of Ontario in response to the State of Emergency, both in general and in relation to land use planning specifically, municipal councils and…
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Authors – Alan Riddell, Kyle Van Schie Morningstar v Hospitality Fallsview Holdings Inc (Decision No 1227/19), 2019 ONWSIAT 2324 Towards the end of 2019, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (“the WSIA Tribunal”) released a revolutionary decision effectively preventing future…
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Authors – Alan Riddell, Kyle Van Schie COVID-19 / Coronavirus-related Employment Law Questions and Answers for Employers The coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak has been wreaking havoc on businesses across Ontario and around the world. As businesses in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario temporarily close, restrict…
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Construction law in Ontario is in transition as extensive changes to the Construction Act are rolled out. Seven years in the making, the amendments overhaul much of the Act (formerly known as the Construction Lien Act), and aim to modernize…
Friday, February 7, 2020
In our “Early 2019 Judicial Updates” we discussed the impact of the decisions in Cormier v. St. Joseph Communications. Since then, the Ontario Court of appeal has upheld that decision, which found that Ms. Cormier’s status as a contractor prior to…
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