When is a worker both an employee and a contractor?
Worker classification has become a major source of conflict in Canadian employment law. Most media attention in this regard has been given to classification disputes by gig workers (such as the case of whether Uber drivers are employees or contractors). But even outside of the gig economy, classification-related class actions against businesses of all types have been on the rise.
Vey Willetts LLP
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May 20, 2022 
Offer letters vs employment contracts
esources issues like never before. Employers would be well-advised to consider the ways in which their actions at every step of the employment relationship, including those taken at the very beginning, can create or mitigate legal risks.
SpringLaw
Can you demote an employee and lower their pay?
Demoting an employee and potentially lowering their pay is a decision that has implications for both the employee and the employer. These implications can range from hurt feelings, all the way to a wrongful dismissal claim.
Sultan Lawyers
When worlds collide: Restrictive covenants and notice periods
What is the impact of non-competition and non-solicitation provisions on a terminated employee’s notice period?
SpringLaw
Segregation of duties and accounts payable
Segregation of duties strengthens internal controls. Accounts payable or AP is one of the easiest channels for an organization to lose money if internal controls are weak. The AP department’s responsibility to monitor, process, and control payments to creditors is essential to avoiding improper payments. If there is no segregation of duties, internal controls are likely to be weak. If internal controls are weak, the risk of errors and improper payments increases.
Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons)
Old non-compete agreements are still valid in Ontario
The Working for Workers Act, 2021 (the “WWA”) passed into law on December 2, 2021. One of its more notable aspects was to ban the use of non-compete agreements in Ontario. Non-compete agreements restrict how workers may conduct themselves both during and after employment. Most importantly, they can prevent employees from working at competing businesses for long periods (often for several months or years) after the employee’s job has ended.
Vey Willetts LLP
What is bad faith in a termination?
Terminating an employee is tough. The conversation in which the employer provides the employee with notice of termination can be awkward. Given how difficult terminations are, for both the employer and the employee, courts hold employers “to an obligation of good faith and fair dealing in the manner of dismissal.”
SpringLaw
Employer obligations to the deceased employee
Outside of grieving, it is important to ask and consider: what obligations does an employer have when an employee dies to ensure that the deceased’s employment is wrapped up properly?
Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation
How minimum wage increases affects employers and businesses
Minimum wage is the lowest wage rate that an employer can legally pay its employees and is seen as a core labour standard to which employers must abide by. With the effects of inflation, especially the cost of living consistently increasing across Canada, it is inevitable for the minimum wage in each province to rise.
Sultan Lawyers
