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 …
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FeaturedPrivacyWorkplace News
Ontario overhauls privacy and cyber security rules for schools, hospitals and public sector
Ontario is requiring hospitals, school boards and other public sector organizations to meet new cyber security standards under sweeping changes to the province’s access and privacy framework — the fir… …
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Legal News
Queen’s University professor wins Ontario’s top legal writing honour for children’s justice work
A Queen’s University law professor whose research helped reshape how Canadian courts treat the voices of children has won Ontario’s highest award for legal writing. Nicholas Bala, a professor at …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Cargill worker reinstated after arbitrator rules 24-year employee’s termination was excessive
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FeaturedPrivacy
Sheridan College FOI request for employment records dismissed, labour relations exclusion upheld
A former Sheridan College employee’s bid to obtain records related to meetings about his employment has been dismissed, with an adjudicator finding the records are excluded from Ontario’s freedom of …
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FeaturedPrivacy
Vaughan, Ont., fire services report excluded from freedom of information law, adjudicator rules
A fire communications strategy report commissioned by the City of Vaughan is not subject to Ontario’s freedom of information legislation because it relates to labour relations matters, an adjudicator … …
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Constructive DismissalSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Self-represented worker’s 64-page Pfizer claim struck for violating pleading rules
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Constructive DismissalFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Ontario court greenlights most amendments to wrongful dismissal claim against University Health Network
A registered perfusionist who alleges he was constructively dismissed by University Health Network following a return from disability leave has been granted partial leave to amend his statement of cla… …
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OLRB sets final hearing date for V-Max Auto after worker challenges authenticity of medical note
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has set a peremptory June hearing date for V-Max Auto Corporation after the company failed to appear at a scheduled employment standards review, citing a …
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The Ontario Labour Relations Board has narrowed a director’s personal liability for unpaid wages in a case stemming from an employment standards investigation into four related companies, ordering him… Free …

