Tag Archives: Ghomeshi
December 11, 2014
As the year comes to a close, you tend to find a lot of retrospective articles looking back on the best albums or scandals of the year. Lawyers are not immune to this trend so here’s a list from Cassels … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation, AHRC, appeals, discrimination, employment standards, express entry, genetic, Ghomeshi, immigration, trends
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December 8, 2014
Kyla Stott-Jess of Fasken Martineua writes on HR Hero about several employment law lessons to be learned from the Ghomeshi matter. Among them? Discipline for employee’s conduct in their private lives, employers’ obligation to prevent harassment, and whether a member … Continue reading
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Tagged essential service, FOIP, Ghomeshi, labour, law enforcement, protest, WCB
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December 4, 2014
Came across this article on how to stop wasting time in meetings while surfing the web on my phone during a meeting yesterday: http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-to-stop-wasting-colleagues-time-1417562658 The Ontario Court of Appeal, in a decision dealing with the approval of a receiver’s legal … Continue reading
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Tagged billable hour, CASL, choice of law, ex pat, fine, Ghomeshi, non-comp, off-duty misconduct, OHS, policy, secondment, smoking, termination, unions
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November 26, 2014
News broke yesterday that Ghomeshi has agreed to withdraw his $55M lawsuit against the CBC. His beef will be proceeding through arbitration. He will also be picking up the tab for the CBC’s $18,000 in legal costs. I don’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, CBC, class actions, e. Coli, Ghomeshi, Halifax, parental, pensions, pregnancy, sexual assault
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November 6, 2014
According to Canadian Employment Law Today, the CBC has filed a motion asking the court to throw out Ghomeshi’s lawsuit because “all the claims asserted by Mr. Ghomeshi in this action fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of an arbitrator appointed … Continue reading
November 5, 2014
Yesterday, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz seemed to step in it with some comments he made to a House of Commons Standing Committee on Financing. Blogs and twitters are up in arms over his suggestion that out of work youth … Continue reading
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