by Sezar Bune, J.D. | Toronto Employment Lawyer | Jan 4, 2021
Covid-19 Workplace Requirements for Toronto Businesses In response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the City of Toronto has passed various measures to help employers contain the spread of COVID-19 at workplaces located in Toronto. While intended as...
by Sezar Bune, J.D. | Toronto Employment Lawyer | Jan 3, 2021
For Canadian workplaces that are federally-regulated under the Canada Labour Code, there will be new and revamped Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations, which came into effect on January 1, 2021. This is a very important development of which both...
by Sezar Bune, J.D. | Toronto Employment Lawyer | Jan 2, 2021
In Ontario, most non-unionized employees are familiar with the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), which sets out the minimum rights of all employees in the workplace, including minimum wage, vacation pay, termination pay and severance pay. However,...
by Sezar Bune, J.D. | Toronto Employment Lawyer | Dec 29, 2020
Non-competition agreements (or “non-competes”) have long been viewed as a great way for business owners to prohibit (or at least deter) former employees from taking confidential information, and using it to unfairly compete against it as a former employer. In...
by Sezar Bune, J.D. | Toronto Employment Lawyer | Dec 16, 2020
An Employee’s Duty to Mitigate in Severance Packages The Basics – The Duty to Mitigate Refers to an Employee’s Legal Obligations after Losing Their Job Before delving into the topic of an employee’s duty to mitigate financial losses they suffer...
