Canadian contract and employment law analysis. Real cases, real consequences, clear language.
When tech companies announce layoffs, older workers are disproportionately affected. Ontario's Human Rights Code protects against age discrimination, and courts are increasingly willing to look at statistical patterns to find violations.
Ajay Krishnan, Founder, blackline.legal
HRTO awards for workplace discrimination have been climbing steadily, with injury to dignity damages pushing into six-figure territory. Employers face a fundamentally different damages landscape than they did a decade ago.
Priya Sharma, Contracts & Policy Writer
You were fired, and you believe discrimination was involved. Do you go to the Human Rights Tribunal or to court? The choice of forum determines your available remedies, your costs, your timeline, and your odds of success.
Marcus Williams, Technology & Employment Correspondent
Ontario has had pay equity legislation since 1988. The gender pay gap persists. The law is strong in principle but underenforced in practice, and most employees do not know it exists.
Priya Sharma, Contracts & Policy Writer
The #MeToo movement changed the cultural conversation about sexual harassment at work. But the legal framework predated it by decades — and in important ways, the law has not caught up to the culture.
Marcus Williams, Technology & Employment Correspondent