A federal labour board has upheld the termination of a Statistics Canada call centre supervisor who submitted false quality monitoring reports on 41 occasions over roughly four months, finding that… …
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FeaturedProfessional Misconduct
Dental patient’s claim that bad bridgework cost her job rejected in Ontario review
An Ontario dental oversight board has confirmed a decision to take no further action against a Toronto-area dentist after a patient alleged his temporary bridgework left her teeth so unattractive …
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Worker who built rival software on his own time can keep copyright, Ontario’s top court rules
A senior software developer who secretly built a competing product while employed at a London, Ont., tech company kept copyright in that software because he developed it outside his assigned …
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Legal CostsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Ontario court awards $450K in legal costs against founder who misappropriated funds, defied orders
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ordered a company founder to pay $450,000 in legal costs after he was found to have breached his fiduciary duties, engaged in oppression,… …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Ontario court rejects BakeMark bid to move B.C. worker’s wrongful dismissal case out of province
An Ontario court has dismissed a motion by a baking ingredients company to transfer a former British Columbia warehouse manager’s wrongful dismissal case to British Columbia, finding the company faile… …
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Court quashes HTRO ruling that dismissed parking company worker’s discrimination claim
An Ontario worker who says he was denied a disability accommodation at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic will have his human rights case reheard after the Ontario Superior Court …
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FeaturedSexual Harassment
Jack Astor’s worker’s human rights complaint dismissed as filed too late, tribunal finds
A cook who alleged sexual harassment by her kitchen manager at a Jack Astor’s restaurant in Toronto has had her human rights application dismissed after the Human Rights Tribunal of …
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Mental HealthSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Tribunal kills human rights bid by worker who alleged psychiatric diagnosis used to strip leadership role
A worker’s human rights application against an Ontario insurance agency has been dismissed after the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found a parallel civil proceeding barred it from proceeding. The… …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
Hamilton temp agency fined $100,000 for giving false records to employment inspector
A Hamilton temporary help agency has been fined $100,000 after pleading guilty to providing false records to an employment standards officer and obstructing an inspection. ML Staffing Solutions Inc., … …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
Ontario proposes allowing retail stores to open on Family Day and Victoria Day
Ontario is moving to let retail businesses open on Family Day and Victoria Day, a change the province says will create a consistent, province-wide framework for holidays that currently vary …


