JD Supra

Ontario, Canada Appeal Court Decides Non-competition Clause in Employment Agreement Governed by Common Law is Unenforceable

In M & P Drug Mart Inc. v. Norton, 2022 ONCA 398, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) dismissed an employer’s appeal of an application judge’s decision that a non-competition clause in an employment ...
JD Supra

Ontario, Canada Court Decides Employees Laid Off During COVID-19 May Not Claim Constructive Dismissal at Common Law

Just six weeks after holding in Coutinho v. Ocular Health Centre Ltd. that Ontario Regulation 228/20 (IDEL Regulation) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) did not remove an employee’s ...
NerdWallet

Common-Law Partnership: The Sneaky Status That Affects Your Taxes

As a common-law couple, you can take advantage of certain tax credits and benefits unavailable to singles, but you could also lose access to others. Many or all of the products on this page are from ...
The Conversation

Ontario government seeking to insulate itself from lawsuits

Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Buried within the Ontario government’s April budget ...
JSTOR Daily

Common Law Union as a Differentiating Factor in the Failure of Marriage in Canada, 1984

Using the 1984 Canadian Family History Survey, the authors attempt to ascertain the effect of common-law unions on the subsequent failure of marriage, operationalized as those ending in divorce or ...