Todd Humber

Provinces and territories should limit the use of non-compete agreements, which can keep workers from changing jobs or starting a business even when courts would never enforce the clauses, according …

Northwest Territories employees who give evidence in workplace investigations need to be told their statements could reach the person being investigated, the territory’s information and privacy commis… Free Membership Required …

The employee found a new job about 14 weeks after Stingray Group fired him. In wrongful dismissal terms, that is a model outcome. A dismissed employee is supposed to go …

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 …