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Real Pleadings: Has Uber Created a New Service to Avoid Unionization?
Thanks for labour lawyers Brendan McCutchen and Michael Wright of the law firm Wright Henry in Toronto for providing the pleadings in an interesting new unfair labour practice complaint filed …
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Flores v Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc.: Migrant Workers During COVID-19 and Lessons Learned
Written by Justine Wong, 3L, University of Ottawa Law The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) recently found that employer Scotlynn Sweetpac Growers Inc. dismissed migrant worker Gabriel Flores from its …
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Prof. Doorey’s Updated Beginners’ Guide to the Charter and Work Law
Nearly a decade ago, I posted a plain language guide to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Law of Work for Beginners on my SSRN website, a public …
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Calling the Shots: Is Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination a Permissible Condition of Employment for Healthcare Workers?
Written by Justin Choy, 3L, Western Law Ontario is in Phase 1 of its distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Vulnerable populations, hospital employees, and congregative living employees, amongst others, are …
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Does COVID Justify Longer Periods of Reasonable Notice?
Written by David Doorey, York University Last week, an Ontario court issued an interesting decision that considered whether COVID’s impact on the job market justifies courts ordering longer periods of …