May 12, 2016

Simon published an article on First Reference Blog entitled Ontario Human Rights Tribunal rules company discriminated against employee with developmental disability by paying her wages of $1.25 per hour. A copy of the article can be found here.

Simon published another article on First Reference Blogs about whether or not Employers in Canada can refuse to hire smokers. A link to Simon’s article can be found here.

Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “What are the “exceptions” to the equal pay provisions of the Employment Standards Act”.  In this article, Simon reviewed amendments to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 brought about by Bill 148 to include an obligation for “equal pay for equal work” irrespective of an individual’s…

Simon wrote another article on First Reference entitled “Ontario considers big changes to Employment Standards Act and Labour Relations Act”. This blog considers a recent independent report commissioned by the Provincial Government to examine changes to both the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Labour Relations Act. A link to this blog can be…

Simon published another article on First Reference Blog. The article entitled “Employee Termination Deemed Reprisal” which explored the prohibition against terminating or reprising against employees who exercise their right to refuse unsafe work under the provisions of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act. In the article Simon considers the recent decision of Podobnik v….

Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Refusing a 50 km commute not a failure to mitigate”, where he reviewed a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision where the court held that the Plaintiff’s decision not to explore a new job that was 50 kms away from her house did not constitute a…