Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday July 5, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul 5, 2016 at 6:29am PDT“My ex-employer just gave me a severance proposal, but I was only gi…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday June 24, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jun 24, 2016 at 6:55am PDTCan an employer lawfully terminate an exceptional employee who has ha…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday June 23, 2016. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jun 23, 2016 at 6:33am PDT The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a free onli…
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Here is your daily Law Fact from Wise Law for Friday June 17, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jun 17, 2016 at 6:25am PDTAn employee who has been temporarily “laid off” may be entitled …
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday June 9, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jun 9, 2016 at 6:41am PDT When can a terminated, non-unionized employee seek reinstatement of …
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Here is your daily Law Fact from Wise Law for Tuesday June 7, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jun 7, 2016 at 6:37am PDTEmployment agreements frequently include provisions that limit employ…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment LawA video posted by null (@wiselaw) on Jun 1, 2016 at 6:23am PDTIn addition to the minimum notice and severance required by the Employment Stan…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday May 26, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by null (@wiselaw) on May 26, 2016 at 6:30am PDTIf you have been terminated, seek legal advise to determine you severance entit…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Monday May 16, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by null (@wiselaw) on May 16, 2016 at 6:11am PDTDid you know “use it or lose it” vacation policies are illegal?Upon termination o…
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Here is your daily Lawfact from Wise Law for Thursday May 5, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on May 5, 2016 at 6:09am PDTIn 2015, an Ontario Court awarded 27 months’ of pay in lieu of reasonable notice to a …
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday April 28, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 28, 2016 at 6:33am PDTDo employees have different severance entitlements under the Employment Standards Ac…
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Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday April 22, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 22, 2016 at 6:46am PDTIf your employment agreement prohibits you from competing with your employer or solici…
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Here is you daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 12, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 12, 2016 at 6:14am PDTOntario employees are prohibited from discrimination and harassment against any employ…
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If you follow us on Twitter, you may have noticed that our office recently had the opportunity to both attend and support the Up All Night event, held at Centennial College. The purpose? For the community to come together for one night to focus on…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Just Another Reason We Need the Ontario Human Rights Code
What do you consider before waking up and going to work? Is it whether you have an ‘acceptable’ Body Mass Index? Whether your wedding ring and engagement rings are on separate fingers or, whether you are wearing 3 eye shadow colours on each eyelid? If you work for Malaysian Airlines,
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BY NITIN PARDAL, LAWYER, WISE LAW OFFICE Can you be fired for booing the home team? As this Toronto Star article points out, it might not be out of the question, at least in New York City. While attending a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden with his supervisor
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This grocery store worker from Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y, was terminated for leaving work with far more meat in his pants than he arrived with. $1,200.00 more meat, to be precise. (Make up your own punch lines…) – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:
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BY NITIN PARDAL, LAWYER, WISE LAW OFFICEIt is a well founded principle in the law of contracts that once a breach occurs, a plaintiff has an obligation to minimize their damages. In bringing an action against a defendant for breach of contract, a plaintiff would not be allowed to “rack
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BY ANA KRALJEVIC, LAWYER, WISE LAW OFFICEIn today’s computer age, almost all of our actions, from banking to online shopping to private communications with loved ones can be accessed and viewed with just a few clicks and single successful password attempt. And while this naturally raises security concerns regarding privacy in
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BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, STUDENT-AT-LAW, WISE LAW OFFICEThe enactment of section 46.1 of the Ontario Human Rights Code in June of 2008 provided for a much-awaited civil remedy for human rights claims. The expectation was that a number of human rights cases, particularly those closely related to a civil cause of
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