Back to the Future – Public Holiday Changes Reversed
As we wrote in January, recent changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) under Bill 148 included a new method for calculating Public Holiday Pay. However, after widespread criticism from employers, the Ontario government announced Monday that it would be conducting a review o…
View the post titled Back to the Future – Public Holiday Changes ReversedFacebook Privacy Breach Class Action
Siskinds’ class action lawyer Sajjad Nematollahi was interviewed for an article in The Toronto Star on May 2 regarding the class action that has been initiated regarding Facebook’s alleged privacy breach. Read the full article here. To learn more about this class action, click here.
View the post titled Facebook Privacy Breach Class ActionAnd there’s more! New employer obligations, that is.
In its flurry of pre-election legislation, the Ontario government has now passed the Pay Transparency Act, 2018 into law. As of January 1, 2019, employers will have new obligations and restrictions when hiring new employees. All employers will be: prohibited from asking a job applicant about…
View the post titled And there’s more! New employer obligations, that is.Marriage: Divorce or Annulment in Family Law?
I recently spoke to someone who had legally married a few months prior. This person explained that once married, she and her new spouse did not live together as husband and wife. They did not consummate their legal union; meaning they did not have sexual intercourse after they married. The c…
View the post titled Marriage: Divorce or Annulment in Family Law?Combined EPA/OHSA Fine of $5.3 Million Upheld
The explosions that occurred at a propane facility in Toronto in 2008 are difficult to forget. The explosions resulted in the catastrophic death of a worker, damage to surrounding homes and an area wide evacuation. On appeal an Ontario judge upheld a combined EPA and OHSA fine in the amount …
View the post titled Combined EPA/OHSA Fine of $5.3 Million UpheldCompeting Class Actions: The Unsettled Law of Carriage Motions
Class counsel trying to predict the outcome of a carriage motion has little to learn from two recent decisions by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Carriage motions are unique to class actions. They arise when multiple class actions are filed for what is essentially the same case and co…
View the post titled Competing Class Actions: The Unsettled Law of Carriage MotionsPeople, Planet, Profit: Corporate Social Responsibility in an Environmentally Conscious Marketplace
While not a new concept, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a driving force in today’s marketplace, influencing the way business is conducted in virtually every industry. Modern businesses are encouraged, by both laws and industry, to engage in practices that extend beyond the …
View the post titled People, Planet, Profit: Corporate Social Responsibility in an Environmentally Conscious MarketplaceLegal Considerations for Start-Ups
Introduction “Starting companies is a lot like launching rockets: if you’re a tenth of a degree off at launch, you may be a thousand miles off downrange” – Craig Johnson One of the most common mistakes start-ups make is not seeking legal advice when founding their company. While financial re…
View the post titled Legal Considerations for Start-UpsBill 21: Seeking to Make Fossil Fuel Producers Strictly Liable for Climate Harms in Ontario
Ontario NDP MPP Peter Tabuns has introduced a private bill that seeks to establish statute-based civil liability for climate change against certain private actors. Bill 21 would enact the “Liability for Climate-Related Harms Act, 2018” (the “Act”), making fossil fuel producers strictly liabl…
View the post titled Bill 21: Seeking to Make Fossil Fuel Producers Strictly Liable for Climate Harms in OntarioPaula Lombardi to Speak at OBA Professional Development Program
On Thursday, May 3 at 8:30am, join Paula Lombardi, environmental lawyer at Siskinds, for a professional development session at DoubleTree by Hilton London Ontario, led by the Ontario Bar Association. Paula will be leading a discussion on the topic, Environmental Contamination for the Transac…
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