July 2018
By Ned Nolan and Mark Daly
The #MeToo movement is a long overdue awakening which is bringing to light the prevalence of sexual harassment in our society - particularly in the workplace.
Often thought of as a cultural movement fuelled by social media, #MeToo also has to function as a legal movement fuelled by intelligent advocacy, litigation and heightened legal compliance by employers.
If #MeToo has taught us anything, it is that work
Dermot P. Nolan is a Hamilton lawyer and a former president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.
“Do you swear that the evidence you give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?”
That is the standard of truth that our courts expect of every witness.
But it is not the standard by which the real story is presented to every jury.
In fact, the whole truth is often distorted and concealed from civil juries by an elaborate and sys
The Law At Work
by Ned Nolan and Paul Di Clemente
By now you may be tired of hearing all of the arguments and rhetoric (and hyperbole) surrounding the minimum wage hike here in Ontario. It has been a hot topic in employment law circles this past year and we wrote about the pending changes in a recent The Law At Work article. At the risk of being repetitive, we feel the need to address the latest developments on the subject due to the recent
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The Law at Work - Ned Nolan and Paul Di Clemente
It looks like the minimum wage in Ontario is going up – and not everyone is happy about it.
On June 1, 2017, the Ontario government introduced the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (“Bill 148”) which proposes various amendments to the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) and the Ontario Labour Relations Act among others. At the time of writing, the bill has not yet received royal a
