Simon Says
“Simon Says” is where you can find out about recent yet significant cases and legislation.
Here you can find detailed information on Simon’s speaking engagements.
2018
December 2018
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently addressed the issue of when replacement…
December 19, 2018
Simon published a blog post exploring the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent…
May 30, 2018
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “What are the…
2017
December 20, 2017
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “5 Employment Law…
November 22, 2017
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Ontario Court of…
September 23, 2017
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Pregnant temporary worker…
July 18, 2017
Simon wrote another article on First Reference entitled “Divisional Court confirms Human…
May 19, 2017
Simon wrote another article on First Reference entitled “Ontario considers big changes…
March 15, 2017
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Employee’s age justifies…
February 15, 2017
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled, “Requesting background checks…
2016
December 14, 2016
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog. The article entitled “Employee…
November 17, 2016
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog. The article entitled “Fresh…
October 17, 2016
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Refusing a 50…
September 15, 2016
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Huge wrongful dismissal…
August 11, 2016
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Arbitrator upholds just…
July 14, 2016
Simon Published another article entitled “Ontario Court of Appeal suggest deference to…
June 9, 2016
Simon Published another article entitled “Motion for summary judgement raises questions about…
May 12, 2016
Simon published another blog post to First Reference Blogs. In this article…
April 14, 2016
Simon published another article on First Reference Blogs entitled: “Small claims court…
March 17, 2016
Simon published another article to First Reference entitled: Ontario Human Rights Commission…
2015
December 18, 2015
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog examining a recent decision…
November 20, 2015
Simon published an article on a recent Ontario Divisional Court case that…
September 18, 2015
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog exploring a recent Human…
August 24, 2015
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled “Poor drafting leads…
July 22, 2015
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog. The article entitled “OLRB…
June 25, 2015
Simon was interviewed by National Public Radio (“NPR”) in the United States…
February 20, 2015
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled, “Arbitrator Rules Employer…
January 23, 2015
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog on a recent court…
2014
December 19, 2014
Simon contributed another article to First Reference Blog on the top five…
November 21, 2014
Simon published another article on First Reference Blogs on a recent Ontario…
September 17, 2014
Simon published an article on a recent HRTO decision whereby a company…
August 20, 2014
Simon published another article in First Reference Blogs on constructive dismissals entitled,…
July 15, 2014
Simon published an article on whether an employee’s dismissal for cause on…
May 21, 2014
Simon published an articled on two recent Federal Court of Appeal decisions…
April 15, 2014
Simon published another articled on the Ministry of Labour’s Employment Standards Act…
March 19, 2014
Simon published an article on First Reference Blog entitled Ontario Human Rights…
February 14, 2014
Simon published an article entitled OHRT rules the “flu” is not a…
January 22, 2014
Simon contributed another article to First Reference Blogs entitled Supreme Court of…
2013
December 18, 2013
Simon contributed another article to First Reference entitled, “OLRB Upholds MOL Finding…
October 16, 2013
Simon contributed another article to First Reference entitled, “Ontario Court of Appeal…
September 9, 2013
Simon contributed another article to First Reference entitled Working Notice: A Refresher….
August 12, 2013
Simon published another article on First Reference Blog entitled OHRT orders $70,000…
July 16, 2013
Simon published another article on First Reference Blogs with respect to the…
June 17, 2013
Simon published another article on First Reference Blogs about whether or not…
May 13, 2013
Simon published another article for First Reference Blogs on how an Employer…
April 16, 2013
Simon published another article for First Reference Blogs on a recent Human…
March 19, 2013
Simon published an article on First Reference Blog on a recent OLRB…
February 20, 2013
Simon spoke about Age Discrimination at the Peterborough chapter of the Human…
2012
December 14, 2012
Simon published another article in First Reference Blog entitled, “The intoxicate holiday…
November 20, 2012
Simon added another blog post to First Reference on the issue of…
September 18, 2012
Simon added another blog post to First Reference, a human resources forum,…
August 28, 2012
Simon started to blog at First Reference, a human resources forum, about…
August 22, 2012
Simon presented a 3 hours session to the HRPA on Age Discrimination….