Product Description
This volume represents the first Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures devoted exclusively to employment law since 1976. An accomplished faculty of senior lawyers provides an in-depth analysis of the pivotal developments in employment law in the last 30 years. This collection includes a comprehensive examination of the leading cases and a thorough discussion of the central themes in all areas of employment law. Special Lectures 2007 is an up-to-date, exhaustive review of employment law concepts.
CHAPTER 1: From Master and Servant to Bardal and Beyond: 200 years of Employment Law in Ontario, 1807 to 2007
The Honourable Mr. Justice Randall Scott Echlin (Superior Court of Justice, Ontario)
CHAPTER 2: Employee Status: Independent Contractors and Alternative Work Relationships
Allison Taylor (Stringer Brisbin Humphrey Management Lawyers)
CHAPTER 3: Obligations, Pitfalls, and Contradictions in the Law of Hiring, Negligence, and Performance Reviews
Peter Israel & Carita Pereria (Israel Foulon LLP)
CHAPTER 4: Employment Contracts: Enhancing Enforceability Through Drafting and Implementation
Christine M. Thomlinson (Rubin Thomlinson LLP)
CHAPTER 5: Workplace Harassment Law in Ontario
Soma Ray-Ellis & Matthew A. Biderman (Paterson, MacDougall LLP)
CHAPTER 6: Disability and Work: The Transformation of the Legal Status of Employees with Disabilities in Canada
Professor Michael Lynk (Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario)
CHAPTER 7: Changing Employers—The Employment Implications of the Sale of a Business—Common Law and Statutory Rights and Obligations
Ian J. Roland & Danny Kastner (Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP)
CHAPTER 8: Employee Protection in Bankruptcy
Connie Reeve (Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP)
CHAPTER 9: Enforcement Restrictive Covenants
Malcolm J. MacKillop (Hodgson Shields DesBrisay O’Donnell MacKillop Squire LLP)
CHAPTER 10: Directors’ Liablity
Robert L. Armstrong (Ogilvy Renault LLP)
CHAPTER 11: The Evolution of Inducement
Brian A. Grosman, Q.C. & R. Mark Fletcher (Grosman, Grosman & Gale LLP)
CHAPTER 12: Just Cause: The Capital Punishment of Employment Law
Matthew L.O. Certosimo (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP)
CHAPTER 13: Ancillary Claims for Damages in Employment Law
Robert L. Colsen & A. Jane Milburn (Teplitsky, Colson LLP)
CHAPTER 14: Anticipatory Breach in the Employment Context
Mary Beth Currie (Bennett Jones LLP)
CHAPTER 15: A Remedy for the Abused Employee: The Evolution of the Law of Contructive Dismissal
Janice Rubin & James Heeney (Rubin Thomlinson LLP)
CHAPTER 16: Privacy in the Workplace
Barry A. Kuretzky & Monty Verlint (Kuretzky Vassos LLP)
CHAPTER 17: Class Actions in Employment Law
Michael D. Wright (Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP)
CHAPTER 18: Risk Management, Communication with Clients, and Documentation
Larry A. Banack & Nancy M. Shapiro (Koskie Minsky LLP)