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A Year in Review: Emerging Trends and Challenges in Workplace Investigations Register here to join Carly Dunster and Shannon Sproule for a discussion on the most important recent legal decisions affecting workplace investigations. This webinar will benefit not only investigators but also human resources professionals, managers, and others who may receive complaints about harassment or...Continue Reading

Canadian HR Reporter features Shannon Sproule from our firm in regard to the article “Ontario worker deemed employee or dependent contractor, gets 18 months’ reasonable notice”, dated December 2, 2024.  This article is based on a ruling by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in which a worker with 12 years of service was deemed...Continue Reading

Join Turnpenney Milne lawyers on January 29th, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET for a discussion of emerging trends and challenges in workplace investigations. Click here to register.  Continue Reading

In a recent decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (the “HRTO” or the “Tribunal”), Buckel v. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, the Vice-Chair awarded the Applicant $15,000.00 after she was terminated for time theft – even though the Vice-Chair was satisfied that she did indeed commit time theft. The Applicant was employed by St. Joseph’s...Continue Reading

When an investigation into workplace harassment reveals a broader pattern of hostile, negative or toxic behaviour that impacts the work environment, a decision maker may find that an employee’s harassing conduct has created a poisoned work environment, and the employer can be held liable for the employee’s conduct. This is because a poisoned work environment...Continue Reading

Esi Codjoe of our firm presented at Law Society of Ontario last Friday in regard to Bullying in the Workplace and Beyond.  This presentation spoke about how bullying can involve unwanted or unwelcome comments or behaviours, whether part of a continuing pattern or isolated incidents. For anyone experiencing this behaviour in the legal workplace—whether verbal...Continue Reading

Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (the “Act”) generally defines “workplace harassment” as “engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or workplace sexual harassment.” Of course, employees may subjectively perceive routine management, including performance management,...Continue Reading

Join Turnpenney Milne lawyers on November 27th at 12:00 p.m. ET for a discussion on accommodation considerations in the context of workplace investigations involving parties and/or witnesses who are neurodivergent or experiencing mental health issues. Please click here, to register.Continue Reading

Turnpenney Milne TMLLP is thrilled to be recognized on the Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Best Law Firms 2025 list! This prestigious award is presented by The Globe and Mail and Statista, the leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Canada’s Best Law Firms were selected based on recommendations made by almost 25,000 lawyers and clients...Continue Reading