Be sure to check our webinar on this topic. By: Mackenzie Irwin As we head into the holiday season, many employers will be hosting holiday parties for their employees. With…
Mitigation Income May Not Affect the Outcome
By: Chris Justice When an employee claims damages for wrongful dismissal, they are typically required to do their very best in mitigating any damages relating to loss of income following…
Ford Government Announces Plans to Repeal Employment Legislation
In an effort to fulfill his campaign promise to make Ontario “open for business”, Premier Doug Ford introduced the “Making Ontario Open for Business Act” on Tuesday. This pro-business legislation…
When Employers Can Require an Independent Medical Examination as part of the Duty to Accommodate
In Bottiglia v Ottawa Catholic School Board, 2017 ONSC 2517 (CanLII), Marcello Bottiglia was Superintendent of Schools at the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB). He had worked at the OCSB…
Natalie C. MacDonald Named Employment Lawyer of the Year by Canadian HR Reporter
On Thursday, September 28, Natalie C. MacDonald was named Employment Lawyer of the Year by Canadian HR Reporter. This prestigious national award was granted during a dinner reception at Toronto’s…
Court of Appeal upholds $200,000 Assessment of Damages in Sexual Assault Case
In Zando v. Ali, 2018 ONCA 680 (CanLII) the Court of Appeal upheld a damage award of $200,000 (Generals $175,000 and punitive damages of $25,000). The Plaintiff was a colleague of the…
Update to Extraordinary Damages in Canadian Employment Law
Natalie MacDonald is working on an update to her influential book, Extraordinary Damages in Canadian Employment Law. MacDonald completed the original in 2010 but tells AdvocateDaily.com that she hopes to have the revised version…
Google Ordered to Remove Offensive Search Results
Recently, I successfully secured an injunction against Google for the de-indexing of search results that came up when our client’s name was searched online. The problem, in particular, was that…
Domestic Abuse Impacts the Workplace Too
The #MeToo movement has put sexual harassment and violence in the workplace front and center. But what about violence that occurs in the personal lives of employees, such as domestic…
Privacy Commissioner: search engines have a duty to protect online reputations
In my practice, I’ve consulted with, and represented, individuals and corporations who have had inaccurate and, sometimes, hateful statements written about them online. In a recent case, those statements became…