In 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) heard arguments in Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Toronto Sewage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7 (Wastech) and C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45 (Callow), both of which...more
Employers in Ontario will likely welcome the decision in Katz et al. v. Clarke, 2019 ONSC 2188 (Divisional Court), which addressed the scope of the duty to accommodate in the event of an employee’s permanent disability. ...more
8/29/2019
/ Canada ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Damages ,
Duty to Accommodate ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Essential Functions ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Rights Code ,
Labor Regulations ,
Lost Wages ,
Ontario ,
Permanent Disability ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Wrongful Termination
Ontario’s highest court has confirmed that employment contract provisions that will breach the Employment Standards Act (‘ESA’) in the future are void and unenforceable. The Court has also confirmed that fixed-term employees...more