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AI in the workplace: what employers in Ontario need to know

Ontario has begun to take incremental steps towards regulating how AI ius used in the workplace.

Employment and Labour Law Insights: Civil Rules Review, mandatory mediation process and arbitration clauses

In the second instalment of our quarterly Employment and Labour Law Insights webinar series, Osler’s Kelly O’Ferrall, Steven Dickie, Irmak...

Another termination provision bites the dust: Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc.

Ontario’s Superior Court has struck down yet another set of termination provisions.

When are workplace investigation reports protected by solicitor-client privilege?

Whether a workplace investigation report is protected by solicitor-client privilege depends on the context in which it was prepared.

Working for Workers Four: ‘artificial intelligence’ disclosure requirement

New Ontario regulation aims to provide transparency to job seekers, but more guidance is needed to ensure employer compliance.

Termination clauses under the microscope and other cautions

The increasing unwillingness of the courts to enforce contractual termination clauses is creating a more expensive environment for employers.

Warkentin: Ontario decision clarifies distinction between a corporation’s employee and controlling mind

It is important for companies to obtain signed releases from workers in the context of company sale purchases.

‘Working for workers’ means more work for employers

The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development is proposing significant changes to the requirements of job postings...

HRTO finds no post-employment obligation to conduct a workplace investigation

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal recently dismissed the application brought by an employee where she claimed discrimination by her former employer...

Court decision reminds employers to avoid ‘two-step’ offers of employment

In Adams v. Thinkific Labs Inc., 2024 BCSC 1129, a British Columbia trial court applied the doctrine of consideration at the employment contract...