August 31, 2026

Termination Clauses: At “Any Time” and for “Any Reason”? Do the words “at any time” in an employment contract’s termination provision violate the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”)? How should courts interpret termination clauses where contractual language is capable of more than one meaning? The Ontario Court of Appeal set out a framework to clarify these...Read More

Responding to Time Theft: What Can Employers Do?   Ontario courts have treated “time theft” as the deliberate misrepresentation of hours worked while still being paid for that time. Examples of such practices could include falsifying timesheets or attendance records, “punching in” for a coworker, and conducting personal tasks on company time. Time theft can...Read More