Employees with disabilities are protected.

The Ontario Human Rights Code is not new and it is surprising that so many employers continue to run afoul of the obligations it imposes on them.

Contingency Fees should be simple and standard.

After making changes to referral fees and advertising, the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) is turning its attention to contingency fees.

Preserving electronic evidence with Anton Piller orders is on the rise.

Anton Piller orders – once regarded as an extreme measure to be rarely used – have grown in recent years, particularly in intellectual property and trade secret disputes.

Ruling may result in more uniform approach to bail.

Jeff Manishen writes about a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that weighs in on the subject of judicial interim release pending trial has the potential to achieve significant changes to the criminal justice system  

Ontario Human Rights Commission tackles sexualized dress codes.

Employers should take a fresh look at their dress codes in the wake of an Ontario Human Rights Commission investigation, says Hamilton employment lawyer Jennifer Zdriluk.

Non-paying tennants with cash taking a risk.

Commercial tenants who stop paying rent despite being able to pay are playing a risky game

Workplace sexual harassment not tolerated at companies of any size.

Fresh out of high school, at the age of 18, Rebecca landed a job selling cell phones at a small store.  Some days she worked alone. Other days the store owner would work with her and occasionally his wife would be there.
 

A lesson for the litigious

Here’s a lesson to be learned from an interesting estates case. 

Human Rights passion powers employment lawyer.

An abiding interest in people combined with a background in human rights is what inspires Hamilton employment lawyer Jennifer Zdriluk.

Cases explore police role in connecting accused with counsel.

Several recent Ontario decisions may not only change the way in which police inform accused persons of how they can exercise the right to counsel in accordance with the Charter, but also how police may have to help implement that right, Hamilton criminal lawyer Jeffrey Manishen writes in The Lawyer’s Daily.