"If winning isnt everything, why do they keep score?" – Vince Lombardi, NFL Coach As in any lawsuit, success or failure in a wrongful dismissal case is predicated on a combination of the facts of … Read More

Squeegees get wiped

It’s official, Canada’s Supreme court will not entertain an appeal towards an Ontario law limiting panhandling and banning "squeegee kids". It appears now that Canada’s pierced and transient will have to search for other forms … Read More

A hasty resignation can be costly

"We only part to meet again"– John Gay Seldom do employers bother to sue their ex-employees. But the tables are turned when a hasty resignation proves costly. Few have heard of a lawsuit for wrongful … Read More

Breach of policy has serious penalties

Ray Agosta literally took company policy into his own hands. Captured on security cameras and spotted by a loss prevention officer, Agosta was caught taking five items to his car he had not checked out … Read More

Worker fired for not admitting blame

It is not open to an employee to simply refuse to obey a direction from a supervisor. The decisive question is, however, whether or not the request was reasonable.
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Workplace harassment is a common employment law case

Here are five most frequent files appearing on my desk and in court dockets 1. Workplace HarassmentFollowing Canada’s first million dollar workplace harassment award, I can expect to see more of these claims walk through … Read More

Cumulative changes amount to constructive dismissal

Daniel A. Lublin, Toronto Metro NewsWednesday, July 18 2006 "Not many men have both good fortune and good sense."– Titus Livy John-Louis Drapeau was the consummate company man.  But when his job was gradually eroded, … Read More

Blunder Procedure and Pay the Price

Unionized employees have little recourse to the courts Daniel A. Lublin Toronto Metro News, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 When Garry and Mark Coleman heard that fellow employee Wayne Demers was planning to file a fraudulent … Read More

Some Rules are Meant to be Broken

– Managers refusal to comply with directive from boss didn’t amount to misconduct. Daniel A. Lublin, Toronto Metro NewsWednesday, July 4, 2007 About to leave on a much needed vacation, Evo Watson thought she had … Read More

Terms of Contract Not Always Binding

As Peer 1 Network Incorporated recently learned, Court’s are loath to enforce some agreements.  In Hayes v. Peer 1 Network Incorporated 2007 CanLII 23352 (ON. S.C), an appeal successfully argued by Daniel A. Lublin, an … Read More