18 h. ago Howard Levitt: There is no such thing as an airtight termination clause in Canada

The bottom line for employers? Do not assume that even your most meticulously drafted contract will withstand scrutiny

Other

60 h. ago Canada’s justice minister rules out withdrawing legal submission on notwithstanding clause

Canada's Justice Minister has rejected calls from five premiers that he rescind a request for the Supreme Court of Canada to put limits on use of the notwithstanding clause.

Politics

3 d. ago Howard Levitt: Could the judicial scales be tipping in employers’ favour?

After years of invalidating contracts in wrongful dismissal cases, courts are finally siding with employers

Other

5 d. ago Ryan Alford: Confederation may not survive Sean Fraser’s latest folly at the Supreme Court

The notwithstanding clause keeps Canada together

Other

7 d. ago Howard Levitt: Why working notice is employment law’s most effective and underused tool, part two

Employers save money, avoid the 'severance lottery' culture and sometimes even get a redemption story along the way

Culture

9 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Feds' notwithstanding clause court application could harm the federation

The federal government is attempting to neuter the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause. They claim to be doing so to preserve Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms from callous provincial politicians. But, in effect, the Carney Liberals are looking to accomplish the biggest federal power grab since the Constitution was repatriated from Britain, and the Charter added […]

Events

1 week ago Howard Levitt: Ontario’s “Working for Workers” legislation turns routine hiring into legal minefield

Recruitment is no longer just about wooing talent. It is about managing liability

Society

2 w. ago Howard Levitt: In striking, Canada Post workers are merely fighting against the inevitable

The message could not be clearer: adapt or die. CUPW chose the latter

Society

2 w. ago Howard Levitt: Charlie Kirk’s murder sparked a crackdown on political speech in the workplace. Canada is not immune

Free speech does not mean freedom from consequences. Especially employment ones

Politics

2 w. ago LEDREW: Canadians should be government by elected MPs — not judges

Continuing in that divisive, virtue-signalling tradition of the Trudeau Government, the Carney-appointed Attorney-General (who, appropriately enough, was Justin’s disastrous immigration minister) has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to change the Constitution of Canada to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause. If the court decides to agree (and why wouldn’t it? It would mean […]

Politics

3 w. ago Howard Levitt: Employers beware — union drives are swift, stealth and nearly impossible to undo

Once the union is in, you have forfeited the freedom to run your own business

Other

3 w. ago Howard Levitt: Doug Ford is right — remote work was a temporary stopgap, not a permanent entitlement

Unless your contract says otherwise, the company office is your workplace

Other

4 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