by HR Covered | Sep 4, 2026 | Employment Law
For the past few years, Ontario employers have had good reason to be nervous about the wording in their employment agreements. Words that had appeared in termination clauses for years — including “at any time,” “at the discretion of the employer,” and “for any reason”...
by HR Covered | Sep 4, 2026 | British Columbia, HR Case Study
A recent British Columbia decision is a useful reminder that an informal workplace arrangement can still create a wage problem. In Cranbrook Interior Woodwork Ltd. v. Kempf, 2026 BCCRT 1221, a worker used banked overtime hours at straight time to obtain shop materials...
by HR Covered | Sep 4, 2026 | British Columbia
Case Summary In Sharma v. Best Buy Canada (No. 2), 2026 BCHRT 173, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found that Best Buy Canada discriminated against an assistant store leader on the basis of physical disability when it terminated his employment during a...
by HR Covered | Aug 10, 2026 | Ontario, Termination
Lessons from Wilsher v. Olympic Wholesale, 2026 ONSC 3620 In Wilsher v. Olympic Wholesale, 2026 ONSC 3620, the Ontario Superior Court found that an employer wrongfully dismissed a long-serving night shift supervisor after terminating him for “time theft”...
by HR Covered | Aug 1, 2026 | Employment Law, Holiday Pay, HR Compliance, HR Tips, Ontario, Vacation Pay
Vacation time and vacation pay are among the most common areas where Ontario employers make compliance mistakes. From understanding minimum entitlements to calculating vacation pay correctly and managing employee scheduling, it’s easy to overlook important...
