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Collective BargainingOLRBOntarioStrikes and LockoutsUnions and Collective Bargaining
Will There Be a Strike at York?
Written by David Doorey, York University It may be flying under the media radar, but full-time professors at York University will be in a legal strike position and York will …
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Common Law of EmploymentComparative Work LawEmployment RegulationOntarioUnited States
Reforming Non-Compete Law: A Cross Border Perspective
I recently co-authored a piece with Professor Rachel Arnow-Richman of University of Florida Law that considered approaches to regulating noncompete clauses in employment contracts in Canada and the United States. …
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Employee ClassificationEmployment RegulationGig WorkMinimum WageOLRBOntario
The Problem With Ontario’s Proposed Gig Worker Law Exposed
Written by David Doorey, York University As the Ontario government prepared to announce a new “gig” worker law that the Minister of Labour boasted would “lift up the lives of …
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Common Law of EmploymentCOVID-19Employment RegulationHealth CareHuman RightsWrongful Dismissal
Can Human Rights Law Help Workers Fired for Supporting the Ottawa Insurrection?
Written by David Doorey, York University Last week, I considered the possibility that conservative governments in Canada might soon add “vaccine status” to the list of prohibited grounds in human …
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COVID-19Employment RegulationHealth and SafetyHealth CareHuman Rights
Will Conservatives Add “Vaccine Status” to Human Rights Legislation?
Written by David Doorey, York University Readers of this blog will know that the starting presumption in Canadian employment law is that employers can terminate non-union employees for any or no …