Insights

Hicks Morley publishes a number of materials, both electronic and print, on issue-specific and sector-specific topics of interest to our clients. Our insights section has links to all of our various publications, updates and blogs, both current and historical, to keep you informed of developments in the law that impact human resources.


Case In Point

Court Renders Helpful Decision on Random Drug and Alcohol Testing

· 4 min read By: Jacqueline J. Luksha

In a helpful decision for employers, Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 v Toronto Transit Commission, the Ontario Superior Court recently denied an application by the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 and others (Applicants) for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the implementation of the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) random drug and alcohol testing, pending completion of…

FTR Now

Ontario Budget 2017

· 10 min read By: Natasha D. Monkman, Pamela M. Hillen, John Prezioso, Adrian Scotchmer, Paul Migicovsky, Jordan Fremont

On April 27, 2017, the Ontario government tabled its 2017 Budget “A Stronger, Healthier Ontario” (Budget) and Bill 127, Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 (Budget Bill), omnibus legislation designed to implement some of the proposals contained in the Budget. In this FTR Now, we highlight key proposals that are of particular interest to…

Human Resources Legislative Update

Ontario Tables 2017 Budget

· 1 min read By: Pamela M. Hillen

On April 27, 2017, the Ontario government tabled its 2017 Budget “A Stronger, Healthier Ontario.” We are in the process of reviewing the Budget, and an FTR Now highlighting measures of interest to employers, human resources professionals and pension plan administrators will be available on our website in the coming days. Editor’s Note: Bill 127, Stronger,…

Case In Point

The Truth Hurts: Employer Not Liable In Defamation For Bad Reference Because It Was True

· 4 min read By: Amy Sherrard

The Ontario Superior Court has affirmed that employers are not liable for defamation when they provide candid and truthful references about former employees. In Papp v Stokes et al, 2017 ONSC 2357, the plaintiff, Adam Papp, worked as an economist for Stokes Economic Consulting for 2.5 years when his employment was terminated without cause in…

Human Resources Legislative Update

Ontario Announces Additional Funding to Reduce Class Sizes and to Support Students at Risk

· 1 min read By: Amanda E. Lawrence-Patel

The Ontario government has announced that nine central agreements have been reached between trustees’ associations and education workers’ unions and teachers’ federations. These agreements will be in force from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2019. The government has also announced additional funding for the following: to hire approximately 875 teachers and 1600 education workers…

Human Resources Legislative Update

Federal Government Introduces Bill to Legalize Cannabis

· 2 min read By: Jacqueline J. Luksha

On April 13, 2017, the federal government introduced Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act. If passed, Bill C-45 will, among other things: permit persons age 18 and over to possess up to 30 grams of dried or fresh cannabis permit the government to authorize the possession, production, distribution, sale, importation and exportation of cannabis where authorized…

Case In Point

Expulsion of Partners: Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms Good Faith Requirement

· 3 min read By: Mitchell Smith

In Tim Ludwig Professional Corporation v. BDO Canada LLP, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently upheld a lower court decision which awarded an expelled partner in excess of $1.3 million in damages for lost profits and benefits, and aggravated damages (see our Case in Point, Expelling a Partner: An Expensive Cautionary Tale for Partnerships). In…