Ontario Exotic Dancers Deserve Right to Twerk
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily [...]
The Million-Dollar Question: Bonus Entitlements During the Reasonable Notice Period
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. SJO Legal PC was involved in the case of David Matthews v Ocean Nutrition [...]
SCC Uber Decision Provides Clear Guidance on Unconscionability
This article first appeared in the Lawyer’s Daily. The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its highly anticipated decision in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller [2020] S.C.J. No. 16 involving [...]
Return to the Workplace Guide: COVID-19
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. Provincial governments in Canada have started to reopen the doors to our [...]
Constructive dismissal: New reality under COVID-19
This article first appeared in the Lawyer’s Daily. When an employer unilaterally amends a fundamental term of the employment contract, the employee has three choices: 1. Accept the change, [...]
Supporting Your Employees’ Mental Health During COVID-19
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. The devastating physical and economic effects of COVID-19 are now clear. What [...]
Commercial Leases: A COVID-19 Perspective
Authors: Sean J. O’Donnell and Carter G. Perks Reading Time: 5 minutes These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and should not be taken as legal advice. Commercial Leases: [...]
Rent Payment and Residential Lease Enforcement: COVID-19 Update
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. As the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to ripple [...]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Contractual Obligations: Force Majeure and Frustration of Contract
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. What is a force majeure clause? A force majeure clause is “a contractual [...]
The Duty to Mitigate: COVID-19
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. The duty to mitigate requires a plaintiff who has suffered a loss as a [...]
Temporary Layoffs in the wake of COVID-19
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. How are temporary layoffs being treated differently, if at all, in the [...]
FAQ’s COVID-19: What are your rights as an employee during this pandemic?
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. The following provides a general overview in dealing with the current [...]
FAQ’s COVID-19 and the workplace: Employer obligations
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. The following provides a general overview in dealing with the current [...]
COVID-19 FIRM UPDATE
At SJO Legal Professional Corporation, we are constantly monitoring the COVID-19 situation and we will act and implement necessary cautions accordingly. Our priority is the health and safety of [...]
Understanding EBUGs: The David Ayres Story
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. Previously published by The Lawyer’s Daily (www.thelawyersdaily.ca) a [...]
What Responsibilities Do Employers Have to Support Mental Health in the Workplace?
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. According to studies, for every dollar that an employer invests in [...]
Maternity Leave vs. Paternity Leave in Ontario: Are They Equal?
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. If you are going to have a baby or adopt a child in Ontario, the law says [...]
Cherry’s firing: ‘Just cause’ worth fighting?
By Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. This article was first published on Lawyer’s Daily. By now, most [...]
Statutory Holiday Pay – What Are Employees Entitled To?
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. With the holiday season upon us, it is important for employers to [...]
Entitlements During Mass Termination
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. It seems these days you can hardly ever turn on the radio or visit a [...]
Poppygate: You have no frame of reference here, Donny!
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. This Remembrance Day had a moment many Canadians will never forget. On [...]
Can Your Employer Reduce Your Salary Without Notice?
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. If you are protected under the Employment Standards Act (ESA), your [...]
The Difference Between a Termination and a Layoff Explained
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. The loss of a job and its consequences will have a significant impact [...]
Personal Emergency Leave: What Does it Cover?
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. Employees are often confused as to their entitlements when it comes to [...]
Vacation Pay: What Are Employees Entitled to?
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. With the introduction of Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, [...]
What Can an Employer Ask You During an Interview?
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. Landing a job interview for a position that you’ve always wanted, or [...]
Severance Pay in Ontario – What You Need To Know
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. Severance Pay in Ontario – What You Need To Know If you have recently [...]
What Employers Need to Know About Cannabis in the Workplace
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. With the legalization of cannabis for recreational use in [...]
Know Your Basic Employment Rights
By: Sean O’Donnell These blog posts are meant to provide educational content and are not to be taken as legal advice. The labour movement has come a long way in the last century, [...]