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Court Denies Trip & Fall Claimant Accident Benefits
7 janvier 2013
Blogue : Droit des assurances
There is a new Superior Court decision determining whether a trip-and-fall incident is a “motor vehicle accident” for the purpose of claiming statutory accident benefits. In Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company v. Prest, the claimant was insured under a...
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Right to Work Legislation in Parliament
11 décembre 2012
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Has right to work legislation been introduced in Parliament? Not yet. However, the seed has been planted. In the fall of 2012, Mr. Pierre Poilievre, M.P. and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, issued a public letter expressing the view...
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FSCO Arb: CAT Denial and Deficient OCF-9 Fail to Trigger Limitation
6 décembre 2012
Blogue : Droit des assurances
A FSCO arbitrator has ruled that an insurer’s denial of a catastrophic impairment application does not trigger a limitation period to dispute that determination. And in any event the prescribed OCF-9 form for denying the CAT determination was deficient. In...
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Conflicts of Interest: Avoiding Sticky Situations
6 décembre 2012
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
As Toronto Mayor Rob Ford discovered the hard way, sometimes a conflict of interest is the end of the road (well, maybe). While Mayor Ford’s troubles didn’t relate to employment – he was found to have breached the Ontario Municipal...
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Liability for Harassment of Transsexual Woman
4 décembre 2012
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Recent amendments to the Human Rights Code (Ontario) added to the protected grounds of discrimination both gender expression and gender identity. The recent decision of Vanderputten v. Seydaco Packaging Corp.,[1] while filed prior to the amendments, is instructive on the...
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60 Day Limitation for Accident Benefits Mandatory Medations Upheld by the Court of Appeal
29 novembre 2012
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
What happened? The Court of Appeal has upheld the lower court decision in Hurst v. Aviva Insurance Company (2012 ONCA 837) that Applications for Mediation received by FSCO that have not been mediated within 60 days are deemed failed. A...
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The defense of laches in grievance arbitration – The one who drags its feet may lose its right!
27 novembre 2012
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Béatrice Arronis We have all been told at least once, “Sorry, you’re too late”. What if it was your turn to say it? It is well known that in the context of grievance arbitration, both unions and employers must...
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Cross-Border Consequences of Secondment
23 novembre 2012
Blogue : Exploiter une entreprise au Canada pour les non-résidents
Cross-Border Consequences of Secondment This posting was authored by Cheryl Teron and Stephen Rukavina Miller Thomson LLP. Secondment often involves one company (the “Lending Employer”) lending its employees to another related company in another country (the “Receiving Employer”) for the...
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Wage Differential a Continuing Contravention of the Code
21 novembre 2012
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Robert Bell Usually, applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code have one year to file an application after a discriminatory incident. However, when there is not one, but a series of incidents, the Tribunal may find that there has...
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Buck stops with Director: Director jailed 90 days for repeatedly failing to pay wages
19 novembre 2012
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Alex Heaslip A recent court ruling sends a clear message to directors: violate the Employment Standards Act, 2000 obligations and you may be sent to prison. Between March, 2007 and October, 2009, 61 employees from six companies operated by...
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