Andrew Peller Ltd. v. Minister of National Revenue | 2015 CarswellNat 7166 | Tax Court of Canada [Employment Insurance]

An employer was bound to an offer letter sent by email, and not by the employment agreement sent two days later and which included a provision limiting notice to the statutory minimum, and thus the employee was entitled to the common law notice period.

This post summarizes an employment case in which the employer was held to a unilateral change it had made to the employment contract

Recent appeal case finds that former employee did not fail to mitigate damages by rejecting offers of re-employment when trust and confidence was eroded.

Of course [the defendant] was entitled to change its organization as it saw fit and to terminate the plaintiff or anyone else, subject to the law requiring proper notice.

Recent Alberta case prevents employee alleging wrongful dismissal from double recovery after accepting recovery process under the ESA

Calgary (City) and CUPE, Local 38 (Policy Grievances), Re | 2012 CarswellAlta 1446 | (Alta. Arb.)

Elliott v. R. | 2013 CarswellNat 2540 (T.C.C.) | Boyle J

The US Supreme Court recently ruled that employers don't have to pay for time spent in security screenings. This post explains that ruling and its possible impact in Canada.

This post summarizes an employment law case from the British Columbia Supreme Court which illustrates some of the challenges social media presents to both employers and employees.

Mounted Police Assn. of Ontario / Assoc. de la Police Montée de l'Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General) 2012 CarswellOnt 6781 | Ontario Court of Appeal

Jian Ghomeshi's lawsuit against the CBC is much in the news right now, but do unionized employees have the right to sue their employers?