Silence Is Golden: What happens when confidentiality provisions are breached?
Settlements with employees often include confidentiality provisions. What happens when those confidentiality provisions are breached? A recent decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario inTremblay v. 1168531 Ontario Inc. provides some useful guidance. The employer operated a Subway store in Cornwall, Ontario and Trish-Ann Tremblay was one of its employees. Following her termination by...
Continue reading the post titled Silence Is Golden: What happens when confidentiality provisions are breached?YOU’RE FIRED…I’M QUITTING! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
We’re all familiar with the classic scenario when the response to a termination by an employer prompts the response, “You can’t fire me. I quit!”. But after the dust settles from the initial blow-up, what happens next? A recent case from the British Columbia Court of Appeal is instructive. In Giza v. Sechelt School Bus Service Ltd. ,...
Continue reading the post titled YOU’RE FIRED…I’M QUITTING! WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?Ontario Budget 2011
Steady as she goes: not much changed in yesterday’s provincial budget for the environment. Most of the budget is devoted to the many achievements resulting from past/ existing initiatives. The province is pressing ahead with its Clean Energy Plan, continuing its existing support for public transit, and funding some water conservation pilot projects. The major...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Budget 2011A top North American environmental law blog
“Dear Ms. Saxe, We are pleased to announce that Environmental Law & Litigation has been selected as one of the LexisNexis Top 50 Environmental Law & Climate Change Community Blogs for 2011. You can read the full announcement and list of honorees here.
Continue reading the post titled A top North American environmental law blogFood labelling coming to a (franchised) restaurant near you
Here is a recent legislative development of interest that will impact the franchise community, at least in Ontario: the Making Healthier Choices Act, 2015, which received Royal assent on May 28, 2015. Note that the act comes into force on Jan. 1, 2017. The act requires that “owners and operators” of “regulated food service premises” display the...
Continue reading the post titled Food labelling coming to a (franchised) restaurant near youSoot: another path to climate action… if we take it
What’s the best way to slow climate change? Governments have mostly wasted the last twenty years, conspicuously failing to effectively reduce the greenhouse gases in the Kyoto Protocol basket ( CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulphur hexafluoride). Maybe we can do better on soot – also known as particulate air pollution, which is easier and...
Continue reading the post titled Soot: another path to climate action… if we take itExpert Panel on Land Use Planning: mainstream climate change
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released Planning for Health, Prosperity, and Growth as part of its co-ordinated review of land use plans in Ontario. The report provided a total of 87 recommendations about building communities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. This report is the outcome of the province’s February 2015 announcement...
Continue reading the post titled Expert Panel on Land Use Planning: mainstream climate changeWorker or Independent Operator? Factors to consider
If you are injured while working, determining whether you are legally considered a worker in the course of your employment, or an independent operator, is a critical question that could decide your right to sue for damages. Although a third party could still be sued, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (“WSIA”) takes away...
Continue reading the post titled Worker or Independent Operator? Factors to considerEasier approvals for renewable energy
The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) is proposing regulatory amendments to O.Reg. 359/09 under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and to Reg. 334 under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) to streamline the regulatory process for renewable energy projects as part of the response to the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) review, and provide additional clarity. To encourage localized...
Continue reading the post titled Easier approvals for renewable energyHealth, wind, science, and our sad federal priorities
Since Ontario regulations already require mitigation if noise is predicted to exceed 40 dBA at sensitive receptors, will it help to spend two years proving that there ought to be mitigation at 45 dBA?
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