A medical secretary who worked nearly two decades for a small Ontario respirology clinic lost her wrongful dismissal claim after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the clinic had …
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Ontario court refuses to dismiss LTD, wrongful dismissal claim against employer and insurer
An Ontario Superior Court of Justice judge has refused to summarily dismiss a wrongful dismissal and long-term disability lawsuit brought by a self-represented worker against a major insurer, finding … …
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Unionized manufacturing worker wins reinstatement after termination ruled untimely
A manufacturer of retail store fixtures in Ontario lost its termination case against a unionized worker not because it lacked reasons to fire him — but because it waited too …
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PREMIUM Lower-paying replacement work still counts toward mitigation, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has partly allowed an appeal by Brandt Tractor, reducing a wrongful dismissal damages award after finding the trial judge wrongly refused to deduct the… …
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Ontario court upholds dismissal of teacher’s repeat labour board complaint
A Catholic school teacher’s bid to challenge a labour board ruling that blocked his workplace reprisal complaint has failed after Ontario’s Divisional Court found the board acted reasonably and fairly… …
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A failed trucking joint venture between family friends has resulted in a judge setting aside a Mareva injunction after finding that the plaintiffs themselves helped strip the insolvent company of …
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PREMIUM Eight workers win age discrimination suit after Ontario plant relocated without notice
Eight manufacturing workers have been awarded damages for wrongful dismissal and age discrimination after their employer closed a facility and relocated it more than 100 kilometres away without notice, the… …
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Hard-boiled ruling: Ontario egg worker wrongfully fired, but won’t get his job back
A long-serving press operator at an Ontario egg packaging plant was wrongfully dismissed, but will not get his job back, a labour arbitrator has ruled, citing the worker’s refusal to …
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Ontario moves to ban employer uniform charges, strengthen talent agency rules
The Ontario government has introduced proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 that would prohibit employers from requiring workers to pay for mandatory uniforms or deducting those costs… Free …
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A welder who worked for an Ontario construction company for more than two years without a contract, pay stubs, or source deductions has been awarded $13,933.09 in unpaid wages and …

