5 d. ago Ontario juror pay increasing to $120 per day from Day 1 of service

Ontario jurors will be compensated $120 per day from the first day they serve starting Wednesday, a significant increase that some advocates applaud but add that more support for jurors is needed. Attorney General Doug Downey said at last Thursday’s opening of the courts ceremony in Toronto that the jury fee structure in the province […]

Economics

5 d. ago ‘Long overdue’: Ontario juror pay increasing to $120 per day from Day 1 of service

The attorney general said that the jury fee structure in the province hadn’t changed since 1989, an area of the justice system he called “neglected.” 

Economics

8 d. ago CHAUDHRI: Employee, 65, awarded 26 months pay in Ontario wrongful dismissal case

Ibrahim Panchbhaya, immigrated from India to Canada in 1983. Within a few months of arriving, in December of the same year, he began working at Clean Harbors – an environmental and industrial waste management services company. As a laboratory manager, he oversaw two employees and was responsible for quality assurance, ISO certification and laboratory oversight. […]

Other

1 week ago N.B. volleyball coach fired after he told veterans they would have to try out again wins wrongful dismissal suit

The justice 'noted the coincidence' that complaints over his coaching style were filed after they learned their spot on the team was not secure

Events

2 w. ago New automated kiosks in Ontario will pay you for your old phone

EcoATM, a global leader in electronics recycling, officially launched in Canada through a partnership with Walmart.According to the company's press release, the initial launch will see 13 kiosks open in Walmarts across the Greater Toronto Area, mainly in Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, and Burlington, with plans for further expansion.A report from the CBC states that Canadians generated nearly one million tonnes of e-waste in the year 2020 alone, with the e-waste per person jumping from 8.3 kilograms in 2000 to 25.3 kilograms. CBC's figure projects that the total e-waste per year will reach 1.2 million tonnes by the year 2030.According to Statcan, only 16 per cent of Canadian households returned an unwanted phone to a supplier. In the same survey, 14 per cent of households had an unwanted computer they needed to dispose of, while cellphones and televisions also had the same percentage.EcoATM has about 6,500 recycling kiosks across the United St...

Technology

3 w. ago Howard Levitt: Working notice is an employer’s best weapon against the growing severance industry

Every day or week of working notice reduces the employee’s wrongful dismissal entitlement by the same period of time

Other

3 w. ago Ontario home care nurses demand same pay, benefits as hospital counterparts

Hundreds of home care nurses say they want to be paid the same as their counterparts in hospitals, as bargaining on a new deal gets underway.

Culture

3 w. ago Ontario home care nurses demand same pay, benefits as hospital nurses

The Ontario Nurses' Association says it is asking the Victorian Order of Nurses for fair pay for home care nurses

Science

4 w. ago CHAUDHRI: Employer avoids legal liability in human rights case

A retired judge once told me a legal claim is like a house – the foundation of that house is the written complaint that sets out the facts to support it. Sometimes there are cracks in the foundation. Where a written complaint fails to articulate every element of every possible cause of action, the house […]

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4 w. ago WARMINGTON: Doug Ford hints at pulling all Crown Royal parent company’s brands if plant closes

Ontario Premier says Diageo will 'pay dearly' if the company doesn't reverse its planned Amherstburg whisky plant shutdown

Economics