The Financial Impacts of Bill 148: Looking Beyond Minimum Wage
As even the most casual observer of current events is aware, the Ontario Government introduced legislation that will increase minimum wage from $11.40 to $15.00 an hour by January 1, 2019. Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act (“Bill 148”) was introduced and referred to committee on June 1, 2017, just days before the provincial legislature rose for the summer.
Beware the Social Media Trap
Users of social networks need to ensure that what they share with others does not land them in hot water. The following three points should be kept in mind.
Draft covenants with care
The case of Donaldson Travel has been added to the long list of cautionary tales for employers who are drafting restrictive covenants in employment contracts.
Busted for pornography at work… what are the consequences for employees?
Access to the Internet is now a fixture in Canadian workplaces and pornography can be accessed in seconds by a few keystrokes and the click of a mouse. This has created unique problems for employers, who are faced with making decisions about employees caught electronically accessing, storing or distributing pornography at work or on employer-owned devices.
Protection from reprisals – Ontario employees can be reinstated when terminated for asserting rights
Employees in Ontario have various statutory protections if they try and assert their rights in the workplace. However, despite these protections, when I meet with an employee for the first time, the employee often fears that if she complains about a co-worker, boss or company policy, she will face some form of retribution.
Earned Bonuses: Payable Upon Termination?
With its recent decision of Paquette v. TeraGo Networks Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal offered some much-needed clarification regarding the payment of bonuses during the reasonable notice period.