Resources

The OBA Labour and Employment Law Section is pleased to be hosting a monthly series to help you keep up with Labour and Employment Law decisions.

As organizations embrace digital transformation and hybrid workplaces, the legal landscape surrounding employee privacy continues to evolve.

Employment law is important for lawyers advising charities and non-profits because the vast majority of dollars in Canada’s philanthropic sector go towards human resources.

The employment landscape is changing in a post-pandemic world, and workers and managers alike are navigating their new rights and responsibilities.

Changes to the Income Tax Act that came into effect in June may mean your client now has an obligation to report settlements which include non-taxable payments to the CRA as part of a broadened notifiable and reportable transactions regime.

The potential danger associated with the life of those in the legal profession is an unpleasant topic of conversation among family, friends and staff, but avoiding the subject does not lessen the potential for harm.

By July 1, post-secondary institutions in Ontario are required to have provisions in place addressing how sexual misconduct by employees towards students will be handled in accordance with Bill 26, the Strengthening Post-Secondary Institutions and Students Act.  

This program discusses some of the steps that law firms and other legal workplaces are taking to promote equity, diversity and inclusion in the field of labour and employment law.

In Weilgosh v. London District Catholic School Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario recently confirmed that it has concurrent jurisdiction with labour arbitrators over the human rights complaints of unionized employees.

Join our expert panel of legal aid clinic practitioners and private bar lawyers as they consider some of the unique ethical challenges, professionalism obligations, and strategic considerations that arise while representing low-income and/or marginalized clients in employment law matters.