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A Breach Is Not A Break: Enforcing Settlement Agreements After An Employee Breach

As part of severance agreements and/or wrongful dismissal settlements, employers frequently include mitigation and clawback provisions to prevent former employees from receiving double compensation following reemployment.

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Considering A Buyout Offer? Five Things To Think About Before You Sign

Voluntary departure packages and workforce buyouts have become an increasingly common feature of the Canadian employment landscape, particularly as employers in technology...

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

Government Of Canada Launches Consultations On Labour Relations Reform Under The Canada Labour Code

On April 17, 2026, the federal government announced the launch of consultations intended to gather feedback on ways to improve labour relations in the federal sector. The window to provide submissions is short, with feedback due by May 25, 2026.

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Quand Violation N’Emporte Pas Répudiation : L’Exécution D’Une Entente De Fin D’Emploi Après Le Manquement D’Un Employé

Dans le cadre d’ententes de fin d’emploi et/ou de règlements en cas de congédiement injustifié, les employeurs incluent fréquemment des clauses de limitation des dommages et de récupération visant à empêcher les anciens employés de recevoir une double indemnisation après avoir trouvé un nouvel emploi.

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Employers Need Clear Evidence To Establish Just Cause And Post-termination Earnings From Lower Paying Jobs To Reduce Damages.

Canada Employment

RA

Robins Appleby LLP

Employees On Leave During An Asset Acquisition: What Brandt V. Morasse Means For Employers

Canada Employment

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Stringer LLP – 39th Annual Employers’ Conference – Hybrid Edition (Video)

Canada Employment

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Stringer LLP

WeirFoulds Employment Law Hot Takes: Workplace Consequences For Crying Wolf – Employment Lessons From A Movie Theatre Gun Scare

Canada Employment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Leaves Of Absence: Managing Statutory Entitlements And Human Rights Obligations In Alberta

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

From Uncertainty To A Normative Framework: The ALT Rules For The First Time On Services Ensuring The Well-Being Of The Population

Canada Employment

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Fasken

De L'incertitude Au Cadre Normatif : Le TAT Se Prononce Pour La Première Fois Sur Les Services Assurant Le Bien-être De La Population

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Hiring Employees For Canadian Startups: Legal Risks Saskatchewan Founders Should Know

Canada Employment

ML

McKercher LLP

Intentional Misrepresentation Of Academic Qualifications Is Just Cause For Dismissal (Tudor v. Accurate Screening Ltd.)

Canada Employment

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Working For Workers Four Act: Evolving Litigation Risks In The Hiring Process

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

The Duty To Accommodate Disabilities In The Workplace: A Step-By-Step Guide

Canada Employment

PH

Piccolo Heath

CRA Information Requests - Shopify 1

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Millar Kreklewetz

How The Canadian Foreign Accrual Property Income (FAPI) Regime Works—and Why It Matters To Foreign Corporations, Foreign Trusts

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

HR Compliance Audit

Canada Employment

FR

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Distinguishing Between Disciplinable Gossip And Actionable Good Faith Concerns In The Workplace

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

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Significant Changes Ahead: New Measures To Limit Temporary Foreign Worker Program In Canada

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

RADIO INTERVIEW – CityNews (Video)

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

I'm Listening: BC Appeal Court Confirms That Secretly Recording Colleagues Constitutes Just Cause

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

La Fête Est Terminée : La Colombie-Britannique Annonce L'entrée En Vigueur De Normes D'emploi Pour Les Travailleurs De Plateformes Numériques

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Nouvelles de l'Ontario : le projet de loi 149 propose diverses modifications, notamment les obligations de transparence salariale et de divulgation du recours à l'IA dans les offres d'emploi et le projet de loi 79 entre en vigueur

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Updates: Bill 149 Proposes Variety Of Changes Including Pay Transparency And AI Disclosure Requirements For Job Postings, Bill 79 Comes Into Force

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Gig Is Up: British Columbia Announces Incoming Employment Standards For App-Based Gig Workers

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

AODA Reminder: Approaching Deadline (December 31, 2023) To File Accessibility Compliance Reports

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Update On The Pay Transparency Act: British Columbia Government Finally Transparent With Employers On Reporting Requirements

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Wild West: Alberta Labour Board Orders Suspension Of Union Dues For Wildcat Strike

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Contract of Employment

Employer Or Employee: Who Owns The Copyright?

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Nexus Solutions Inc. v. Krougly, addressing the ownership of copyright as between employer and employee and whether a work has been made “in the course of employment.”

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Cassels

Employers Need Clear Evidence To Establish Just Cause And Post-termination Earnings From Lower Paying Jobs To Reduce Damages.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently examined the evidentiary requirements for establishing just cause termination and clarified how mitigation income affects wrongful dismissal damages.

Canada Employment

RA

Robins Appleby LLP

Quand Violation N’Emporte Pas Répudiation : L’Exécution D’Une Entente De Fin D’Emploi Après Le Manquement D’Un Employé

Dans le cadre d’ententes de fin d’emploi et/ou de règlements en cas de congédiement injustifié, les employeurs incluent fréquemment des clauses de limitation des dommages et de récupération visant à empêcher les anciens employés de recevoir une double indemnisation après avoir trouvé un nouvel emploi.

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Stringer LLP – 39th Annual Employers’ Conference – Hybrid Edition (Video)

Canada Employment

SL

Stringer LLP

WeirFoulds Employment Law Hot Takes: Workplace Consequences For Crying Wolf – Employment Lessons From A Movie Theatre Gun Scare

Canada Employment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Intentional Misrepresentation Of Academic Qualifications Is Just Cause For Dismissal (Tudor v. Accurate Screening Ltd.)

Canada Employment

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Hiring Employees For Canadian Startups: Legal Risks Saskatchewan Founders Should Know

Canada Employment

ML

McKercher LLP

Labour And Employment Law: A Strengthened Team To Support Employers

Canada Employment

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BCF Business Law

HR Compliance Audit

Canada Employment

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Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Employees On Leave During An Asset Acquisition: What Brandt V. Morasse Means For Employers

In Brandt Tractor Ltd. v. Morasse, 2026 ONSC 992, the Ontario Divisional Court upheld findings of discrimination where an acquiring employer systematically excluded employees on leave from its hiring process during an asset transaction.

Canada Employment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

WeirFoulds Employment Law Hot Takes: Workplace Consequences For Crying Wolf – Employment Lessons From A Movie Theatre Gun Scare

A recent clickbait-gone-wrong incident at a Toronto area movie theatre is a good reminder to employers (and their employees) that words alone can have legitimate consequences.

Canada Employment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Leaves Of Absence: Managing Statutory Entitlements And Human Rights Obligations In Alberta

This bulletin outlines the intersection between two overlapping but separate obligations of employers. That is, the requirement to provide employees with statutory entitlements, while also reasonably accommodating employees from a human rights perspective.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Duty To Accommodate Disabilities In The Workplace: A Step-By-Step Guide

Canada Employment

PH

Piccolo Heath

Accidents Survenus « À L’occasion Du Travail » : Enseignements De Trois Décisions Récentes Du Tribunal Administratif Du Travail

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Accidents "In The Course Of Work": Lessons From Three Recent Administrative Labour Tribunal Decisions

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Driving While Intoxicated At Work: Serious Misconduct Versus The Duty To Accommodate

Canada Employment

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Fasken

DEI And The Canadian Workplace: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Limites de l’accommodement raisonnable en droit du travail : rappels récents

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Spring Economic Update 2026: Key Tax Changes To Watch

The Spring Economic Update 2026 introduces a mix of targeted personal and business tax measures aimed at improving access to disability supports, supporting home ownership and labour mobility...

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Miller Thomson LLP

Dix faits saillants fiscaux de la Mise à jour économique du printemps de 2026 du Canada

Canada's spring economic update 2026 introduces significant tax reforms affecting businesses and individuals, from making employee ownership trust capital gains exemptions permanent to expanding carbon capture tax credits for enhanced oil recovery.

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: April 2026 Update

Welcome to the April issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group.

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Budget De L’Ontario 2026 : Certaines Mesures Liées Aux Régimes De Retraite

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Employee Or Independent Contractor: The Distinction Matters More Than You Think

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

2026 Ontario Budget: Pension And Benefits Updates

Canada Employment

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Torys LLP

2026 Ontario Budget: Select Pension Measures

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Inside The WNBA’s Historic CBA: Revenue Sharing, Rising Salaries And Expanded Benefits

Canada Employment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Why Canada’s Workforce Math Doesn’t Work Without Immigration

Canada Immigration

Moving2Canada

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

A Breach Is Not A Break: Enforcing Settlement Agreements After An Employee Breach

As part of severance agreements and/or wrongful dismissal settlements, employers frequently include mitigation and clawback provisions to prevent former employees from receiving double compensation following reemployment.

Canada Employment

F

Fasken

Employers Need Clear Evidence To Establish Just Cause And Post-termination Earnings From Lower Paying Jobs To Reduce Damages.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently examined the evidentiary requirements for establishing just cause termination and clarified how mitigation income affects wrongful dismissal damages.

Canada Employment

RA

Robins Appleby LLP

Quand Violation N’Emporte Pas Répudiation : L’Exécution D’Une Entente De Fin D’Emploi Après Le Manquement D’Un Employé

Dans le cadre d’ententes de fin d’emploi et/ou de règlements en cas de congédiement injustifié, les employeurs incluent fréquemment des clauses de limitation des dommages et de récupération visant à empêcher les anciens employés de recevoir une double indemnisation après avoir trouvé un nouvel emploi.

Canada Employment

FF

Fasken (French)

Working For Workers Four Act: Evolving Litigation Risks In The Hiring Process

Canada Employment

LL

Lerners LLP

Intentional Misrepresentation Of Academic Qualifications Is Just Cause For Dismissal (Tudor v. Accurate Screening Ltd.)

Canada Employment

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

A Degree In Deception: Alberta Court Upholds Termination For Cause

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

Fake It Till You Make It? Kings Bench Says “No”

Canada Employment

BR

Bow River Law

Clarity Ahead? Ontario Court Of Appeal To Consider Enforceability Of Termination Clauses

Canada Employment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Federally Regulated Employers: Time To Review Employment Agreements After Ontario Court Strikes Down Termination Clause

Canada Employment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

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Latest Videos

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Stringer LLP – 39th Annual Employers’ Conference – Hybrid Edition (Video)

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Stringer LLP

Resolving Workplace Disputes (Video)

PB

Prowse Barrette

Common Mistakes In OH&S (Video)

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Termination Pay And Notice Periods In Ontario Employment Law (Video)

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Navigating Employer Obligations During Economic Uncertainty (Video)

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Siskinds LLP

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