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Cross-Border Consequences of Secondment

November 23, 2012

Carrying on Business in Canada For Non-Residents Blog

Cross-Border Consequences of Secondment This posting was authored by Cheryl Teron and Stephen Rukavina Miller Thomson LLP. Secondment often involves one company (the “Lending Employer”) lending its employees to another related company in another country (the “Receiving Employer”) for the […]

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Scents and Sensitivities

September 18, 2012 | Thomas V. Duke

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

Employers often face a variety of complaints from employees about health concerns due to individual conditions. One Ontario employer recently faced a Human Rights complaint for its failure to eliminate all scents from the workplace in the case of Kovios […]

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Corporate Tax Rates for Non-Residents Carrying on Business in Canada

August 7, 2012

Carrying on Business in Canada For Non-Residents Blog

Foreign companies that want to carry on business in Canada generally do so through a Canadian branch or a Canadian subsidiary. This post outlines the general tax rates for non-residents carrying on business in Canada using one of those structures. […]

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Gender Identity and Access to Women’s Washroom Facilities

July 9, 2012

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

Author: Erik Marshall In response to a communiqué we recently published, in which we reported that a proposed amendment to the Ontario Human Rights Code (“Ontario Code”) that would see “gender identity” and “gender expression” added to the list of […]

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What does “Authorized by Law” to Drive Mean?

May 23, 2012

MT Insurance Law Blog

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has released a decision interpreting the meaning of the phrase “authorized by law” in s. 4(1) of O. Reg. 777/93 (Statutory Condition 4 in the OAP). In Kereluik v. Jevco, the insured Kereluik was […]

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Entitlements of Employees who Resign with an Extended Notice Period

April 3, 2012 | Jill W. Wilkie

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

In the absence of a contractual provision to the contrary, an employee must provide his or her employer with reasonable notice of his or her resignation. Occasionally, however, an employer may find itself faced with the question of how to […]

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Insurer Must Defend G2 Licensed Drunk Driver

June 29, 2011

MT Insurance Law Blog

Today’s Ontario Reports contained an interesting duty to defend decision from February 2011. In Tut v. RBC Insurance, the applicant sought a declaration that the respondent RBC Insurance owed them a duty to defend the allegations of negligence made against […]

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Public Transit Motor Vehicle Accidents about to Become Non-Accidents

May 2, 2011

MT Insurance Law Blog

UPDATE — Bill 173 received Royal Assent on May 12, 2011. Accordingly, these important changes to the Insurance Act are now in effect. On March 29, 2011, the Ontario Legislature unveiled its pre-election budget, in Bill 173, otherwise known as the […]

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Court Finds Coverage under OPCF 44R

April 21, 2011

MT Insurance Law Blog

This week’s Ontario Reports contained an interesting coverage decision involving Ontario’s Family Protection Endorsement and claims against the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund. In Graham v. Superintendent of Financial Services Commission of Ontario (2010 ONSC 7129), Christine Graham was riding her bicycle […]

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