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2021
Nerds rule!
The Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Waksdale now stands as the law.
2020
What if They Say No
What happens if I present a new contract to an employee and they refuse to sign it?
2019
Bill 66
Employers are no longer required to post the Employment Standards Act poster in the workplace but will continue to be required to provide a copy to every employee.
The sky’s the limit
The trend in the case law is now clear: there is no 24-month cap on reasonable notice periods.
ESA Poster
The Ministry of Labour has published a new (8.0) version of the ESA Poster.
Long Notice for Short Service
According to a growing string of cases, short-service employees are entitled to a disproportionately greater notice period.
Don’t Take It Lying Down
Never before this internet age, has a professional reputation been so vulnerable nor so important to protect, as was demonstrated by another case we recently won for one of our dentists.
It’s None Of Your Business… Or Is It?
Can you do anything if an employee’s posts on social media negatively impact your business in a real and substantial way?
2018
Bill 148 is now Law
Employees with five years or more of service are now entitled to 3 weeks of vacation and 6% vacation pay, effective January 1, 2018.
Click below to get it
The Ministry of Labour has published a new (7.0) version of the ESA Poster.
26 is the new 24
Doctors often ask us what the maximum period for which they might have to pay a terminated employee is…
Pay equity and performance reviews
Many doctors in Ontario are now concerned about getting complaints based on pay equity under the new provisions of the Employment Standards Act.
We complained and they listened!
The Ontario government has responded to the backlash against the new public holiday pay formula.
How we vindicated a falsely accused doctor
MBC Legal just won a very significant case, Lancia v. Park Dentistry.
Cannabis update
Recreational cannabis ushers in a new era for Canadian employers who will now need to deal with this change in their workplaces.
Don’t take it lying down
Never before this internet age, has a professional reputation been so vulnerable nor so important to protect, as was demonstrated by yet another case we recently won for one of our dentists.
Bill 47
Bill 47, also known as "Make Ontario Open for Business Act", has received Royal Assent. This is a summary of the important ESA changes.
2017
What have we done to deserve this
Reviewing the draconian upcoming changes to employment law being made by the governments of Ontario and Alberta, employers can only wonder what we did wrong.
Attention Ontario Employers who do your own payroll
The way that you must calculate public holiday pay for New Year’s Day will be different from the calculation for Christmas and Boxing Day.
2016
Stop the bleeding
This is the second in a two-part series on the gigantic loss of income resulting from a failure to manage payroll rationally.
It’s finally here!
In a recent survey, eighty-two per cent of MBC clients told us they wish they could hire us to appraise and broker the sales of their practices...and we listened!
Important legal update
As Ontario employers, each of us has until September 8, 2016 to comply with significant new legal obligations.
The'y’re not worth the paper they are written on
An expensive lesson that highlights the importance of ensuring that your employment contracts are drafted by an employment lawyer with sufficient specialized expertise.
What’s good for the goose
Many doctors across the country complain to us about their frustration when employees quit on relatively short notice.
Post-mat leave constructive dismissal
Dealing with an employee returning from parental leave raises some of the most common questions we get at MBC.
Employer shakedown
A number of developments over the years have contributed to a an employment-law system that is getting out of hand.
Darling, please sign here
Among the most common questions we have from our doctors at Intake Meetings is whether the doctor should put their spouse on a contract.
The 1st myth about probation
Doctors are often surprised to learn that the law will not give them the benefit of a probationary period without a very clear agreement in writing.
The law doesn’t care
In our Brokerage and our Legal divisions at MBC, we regularly help doctors whose retirement or transition plans were upset by unanticipated health problems, financial issues or divorce.
Keep calm and carry on
Imagine that you've recently terminated an employee…
2015
She should have kept quiet
A recent case shows that if an employee receives a settlement conditional on a promise to keep it confidential, she will be held to it!
Excuse me, doctor, my mother’s here to see you
We often hear from our doctors that an employee wants their mother (or husband, or family member who belongs to a union) to "represent" the employee in speaking with the employer doctor.
They’re heeeeeere!
The Ontario Ministry of Labour is currently engaged in an inspection “blitz” aimed at employers in the professional services industry in the western Ontario region
Unionization
In Ontario, employees’ right to unionize is protected under the Labour Relations Act, and this right cannot lawfully be interfered with or limited through any employment contract or policy manual.
She did not just say that!
There are myriad situations in which the Discipline Policy that we crafted for our clients has saved them enormous sums of money, not to mention time and peace of mind.
How do I hemorrhage thee
This is the first in a two-part series on the gigantic loss of income resulting from a failure to manage payroll rationally.