Sport Law Newsletter – Autumn 2019 Are national team athletes employees? Employment disputes involving professional athletes, notably the 2011 NBA and the 2012 NHL lockouts, dominated headlines. More recently, employment law and sport collided [...]
Business Law Newsletter Why Shareholders’ Agreements are Important At the time of incorporation of a company, the focus is often establishing and building the business. While it is never too late to put a [...]
Social Media and Your Employees – Can an Employer take action for social media posts made while an employee is off-duty? Labour and Employment Newsletter – Summer 2017 Social media has revolutionized the way [...]
Accommodating Religion in the Workplace. What do Employers need to Know? Winter 2017 In 2006, it was estimated that 2.5 million Canadians were adherents of a religion other than Christianity. By 2031, this number is [...]
Mental Disability in the Workplace: What do Employers need to Know? Labour & Employment Newsletter - Spring 2017 The term “mental disability” is broad and covers many conditions. Human rights legislation may protect individuals [...]
Limiting employee’s common law rights on termination Autumn 2016 In our Spring 2015 newsletter, we discussed how an employer can limit its liability on terminating the employment of its employees. This newsletter provides an [...]
Community Interest Companies – New Opportunities for Social Enterprise in Nova Scotia August 2016 Nova Scotia is leading Canada in a community-oriented enterprise movement. As of June 15, 2016, Nova Scotia businesses are able [...]
Medical Marijuana: Does your health benefit plan cover it? Summer 2016 The use of medical marijuana has gained widespread acceptance as a treatment for a range of chronic illnesses. However, while Canadian courts have [...]
Transgendered Employees: What do Employers need to know? Winter 2016 Many transgendered employees experience discrimination and harassment in their workplace. Those behaviors could cause emotional trauma for the employee and lead to legal action [...]
Utilizing Mobile Electronic Payment Services: A Double-Edged Sword July 2014 With high merchant fees associated with accepting credit card payments, many entrepreneurs and small businesses are looking for lower-cost, mobile alternatives to avoid the [...]