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Covid 19 – Vax and Work
HOT TOPIC ALERT - It has become generally accepted in the Province of Ontario, that if you wish to return to the life you enjoyed pre-COVID-19 Pandemic, you will need to obtain your 2-dose COVID-19 Vax. That means if you wish to eat in a restaurant, attend a concert...
Post Pandemic Work
Work - it is how 86% of Ontarians between the ages of 25 and 54 spend 1/3 of our lives. How we see our work and conduct that work has certainly changed during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Whether you are employed by a public or private company, the government or are...
Constructive Dismissal
Things continue to heat up in the employment law field. After over one year of the pandemic, we are also now seeing some COVID-19 employment cases coming through the courts. One such case is Coutinho v. Ocular Health Centre Ltd. [2021] O.J. No. 2237, where the Ontario...
So, You’ve Been Appointed Estate Trustee
The death of a friend or a family member is often an emotional and difficult time. Adding to the emotional turmoil may be your appointment under their Will to the role of Estate Trustee. An estate trustee (or executor) is the person or persons who are named in the...
Waksdale…. What does it mean for the employee?
On January 14, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) denied the application for leave to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Swegon North America Inc. v. Waksdale, 2020 ONCA 391 (“Waksdale”). In a mad scramble, after what can only be described as a...
COVID-19 and Family Law Matters
COVID-19 and Family Law Matters On March 17, 2020, the Superior Court of Justice (SCJ) in Ontario, and many other courts across the country suspended all regular operations until further notice. Since then all criminal, family and civil matters that were scheduled to...
COVID-19 and Mental Health
COVID-19 and Mental Health: Take Care of Yourself, Your Family and Your Business Many of us, even as essential workers, find ourselves working from home these days. It’s important that we do our best to support our employees, businesses, and of course friends and...
COVID-19 and Your Employment
COVID-19 and Your Employment: Part 1 Social Distancing is the new norm for Canadians as we all work to flatten the curve and lessen the spread of this COVID-19. Most of us have not lived during a pandemic. So, it’s no wonder our go-to phrase at this moment is that...
Case Conference: What It Is and What It Is Not
You prepared your family law application for custody and access of your children. You issued and served your paperwork. You completed your Mandatory Information Program. You attended at your first appearance. And you now have a Case Conference coming up. This is it!...