Charter Rights

The Ontario Nurses’ Association has filed a Notice of Application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, challenging a provincial law that bars nurses and other health-care professionals from tak… …

A constitutional challenge brought by the Public Service Alliance of Canada and a Toronto community legal clinic against the $20,000 cap on human rights damages has been dismissed, with the… …

An Ontario arbitrator has granted a union’s request to adjourn an arbitration hearing over the discontinuance of a hospital worker’s benefits at age 70, despite the employer’s strong objection that …

The director of a temporary help agency and recruitment firm had his constitutional challenge to Ontario’s licensing regime redirected after the Divisional Court found it lacked jurisdiction to hear t… …

An Ontario barbecue restaurant owner who defied pandemic-era indoor dining restrictions and was subsequently locked out of his own premises by public health authorities has failed in his bid to …

The Ontario Court of Appeal handed down two rulings late last week that will shape labour relations in this country for years to come. Both involved unions challenging back-to-work legislation. …

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that provincial legislation ending a 2017 college faculty strike violated workers’ Charter rights but was constitutionally justified. The Ontario Public Service E… Free …

The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed a constitutional challenge to federal legislation that ended a 2018 Canada Post strike, ruling the case was moot and that the back-to-work law …

The Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision that two school boards met their document disclosure obligations in a decade-old discrimination lawsuit, despite a key …

A Federal Court judge has struck down a proposed class action alleging systemic racism within the Department of National Defence, ruling that federal labour legislation bars the court from hearing …