Workplace Drug Testing
August 16, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
The new law allowing for legal cannabis use will focus the employer’s right, or not, to conduct workplace drug tests. Read More
Law Firm Contract on Vacation Pay Ruled Invalid
August 9, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
Employment contracts need to be drafted carefully, as an Alberta law firm recently discovered. [1]The employer law firm… Read More
Workers’ Compensation & Human Rights
August 2, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
In previous posts, we reviewed the impact of workers’ compensation entitlement upon a civil action which is founded… Read More
Mitigation Income or Not?
July 26, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
The General View The accepted general rule for wrongful dismissal damages is that the employee must take reasonable steps to… Read More
After-Acquired Cause
July 19, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
The Basics The general rule allows an employer to raise grounds to dismiss an employee for just cause, even though… Read More
Marijuana in the Workplace
July 12, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
Prescribed Treatment The use of medical marijuana at a place of business will create evident conflict issues. On one hand,… Read More
Medical Disability & Frustration 02
July 5, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
In a previous post, the issue of a medical disability has been reviewed in the context of a human… Read More
Mental Stress & Workers’ Compensation – PTSD Presumed
June 28, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
In a recent post, we reviewed the changes made in Ontario’s Workplace Safety & Insurance Act which has made… Read More
New Policy Initiative by Federal Government for Sports Organizations
June 21, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
The Federal Government has announced a new initiative designed to control sexual abuse by the elimination of federal funding to… Read More
Workers’ Compensation & Civil Claims – Part 2
June 14, 2018 / Written on behalf of Grosman Gale Fletcher Hopkins LLP
In a recent post, we reviewed the impact of the amendments to Ontario’s workers’ compensation statute and its likely… Read More