Todd Humber

Most Canadian employers changed their workforces over the past year in response to economic pressure, pausing hiring, laying off staff or turning to automation. U.S. tariffs played a part in …

Parties to a workplace harassment investigation at a Newfoundland and Labrador public body should have to wait until the investigation is finished before they can get the records. That is …

A labour arbitrator’s award was thrown out in Quebec. A self-represented applicant’s submissions were set aside entirely at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. And the B.C. Court of Appeal …

In June 2024, a worker at a lumber mill on Annacis Island in Delta, B.C., asked for three days of paid bereavement leave. His wife had delivered a stillborn daughter …

Foreign service officers posted abroad depend entirely on their employer’s health plan. There’s no back-up option, no provincial coverage to fall back on when the paperwork stalls. So when Ottawa …

Bailey is a dog. She boarded at an Ontario kennel in 2019, missed a dose of pre-surgery medication, and ended up deciding a human rights case. The kennel’s operations manager …

Almost half of Canada’s federally appointed judges report high levels of burnout symptoms, and more than one in four say their mental health has declined since they were appointed, according …

Nearly every management-side employment lawyer I’ve spoken to says roughly the same thing about employment contracts: consistency is the whole point. One template, applied evenly, defensible in front … Free …

Employers that want to pull long-time remote workers back into the office can still do it — but they have to give as much notice as they would owe in …

The truck driver was right about one thing. His time sheets were altered. He told the Ontario Labour Relations Board that he filled out his hours as a local driver, …