A high-profile harassment complaint involving a former Canadian Broadcasting Corp. anchor is a reminder for Canadian employers of the legal risks tied to mishandling workplace complaints, says Stuart Rudner, an employment lawyer and managing partner at Rudner Law. The claim, first reported by the Canadian Press, alleges a toxic workplace, bullying and reprisal. According to […]
The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development has introduced new guidelines for determining whether a remote employee’s home office amounts to a permanent establishment that attracts tax for a foreign employer. The guidelines formulate a two-part test for use in determining whether a permanent establishment exists. The tests consist of a temporal threshold and an […]
The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled employers don’t necessarily have an unfettered right to dictate the terms of a repurchase of shares held by former employees under a stock option plan. “The message is that even when discretion is granted under the terms of a plan, that discretion is not necessarily unlimited, and it’s […]
A lawsuit against the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s Yellowknife bureau is serving as a broader wake-up call for employers navigating workplace culture, psychological safety and reputational risk in 2026, says one employment lawyer. In a statement of claim filed in the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, a former senior talent acquisition specialist alleges he witnessed […]
Friendly competition can motivate performance, but when workplace structures reward visibility over collaboration, it can quietly tip into rivalry, creating cultural strain and legal risk long before employers see it reflected in results. That dynamic has resonated in popular culture, including in the hit TV show Heated Rivalry, which centres on intense professional competition that […]
An Ontario court approved Wednesday the creation of a $250,000 hardship fund for former employees of Hudson’s Bay Co. as well as $5 million in collective payments to ex-HBC staff who were set to lose their long-term disability benefits. The hardship fund is targeted at workers and retirees who have been having trouble paying expenses […]
Ontario’s Superior Court is scheduled to decide next week whether to approve a fund the insolvent company will set up to help former Hudson’s Bay Co. workers with expenses. The more than 9,300 workers who lost their jobs last year when the company collapsed weren’t paid severance and some lost access to long-term disability and […]
It took Peter Deitz eight years to figure out the best way to sell his business. But it wasn’t until the federal government opened up a new option for succession planning that he found the right buyer: his own employees. Deitz — co-founder of Grantbook, a Toronto-based firm that supports organizations doling out grants to […]
The federal government is expanding its return-to-office mandate for public employees. As of May 4, executives in the federal public service will be required to work onsite five days per week, while all workers will return four days per week as of July 6. The mandate applies to workers in the core public administration, including […]
More than half (56 per cent) of Canadian job seekers believe they’ve applied for a ‘ghost job’ — a posting for a role that an employer has no intention of filling — underscoring growing frustration with opaque hiring practices, salary secrecy and employer silence, according to a new survey by Employment Hero. The survey, which […]