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ESA Savings Provisions Don’t Always Save the Day
The law on the enforceability of employment contracts, and specifically [...]
The New Year Ushers in Changes to Ontario’s Rules of Civil Procedure
Effective January 1, 2020 significant amendments to Ontario’s Rules of [...]
Top 3 Mistakes Employers Make with Employment Contracts
The new year is here, and if one of your [...]
Bruce Sevigny Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for 2020
Bruce Sevigny selected as one of Best Lawyers in Canada 2020 for Labour and Employment Law
OLRB: OHSA Does Not Extend Protection from Reprisal to Employees with ‘Peripheral’ Involvement in Harassment Complaints
Section 50 of the Act is not intended to serve as an alternative avenue for individuals to challenge the fairness of their termination or discipline simply because the word “harassment” is peripherally involved in the facts leading up to a termination. … In this panel’s opinion, to expand the intent of the protection against reprisals in section 50 of the Act to encompass situations such as the one in this case, trivializes the purpose of the prohibition against reprisals in the Act.
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As readers may already know, on January 1, 2019 Sevigny Westdal LLP became Sevigny Dupuis LLP. As with its predecessor, Sevigny Dupuis LLP specializes in providing legal services in the areas of labour and employment law to both employer and employee clients.