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Tips For Handling a Toxic Work Environment As an employer, one of your legal responsibilities is to create a supportive workplace culture that will promote employee well-being and productivity. Failure to do that will not only negatively impact employee morale but may also hinder overall organizational success. Addressing workplace toxicity is crucial for fostering a healthy and collabora...

Is my Employer Permitted to Terminate my Employment While I am on Leave? As an employee, one of the few things they won’t necessarily teach you is that there is a clear dichotomy between your work and personal life. For instance, when it comes to your personal life, you can excuse yourself from a task as it pleases you without any repercussions. In the employment world, however, you won’t...

The question of whether an entity can change the terms of a contract is very complicated, as the answer depends on various factors, such as the flexibility clause in the existing contract, the local labor laws, and the mutual agreement between the parties involved. In the labor world, for instance, if an employee or an employer changes the terms of an employment contract without follo...

The Indian boarding home class action lawsuit has been making the news in recent times. In our last post, we discussed at length the history of the Indian boarding home program, the ordeals the victims have gone through, what the lawsuit entails, when it was filed, and the resolution.  In this post, we will answer some of the frequently asked questions related to this significant leg...

Historical Overview of the Indian Boarding School Program The Indian Boarding Home Program, which a class action lawsuit has been filed against, was an educational program by the Canadian Government that spanned from 1951 to 1992. The program was created to relocate children from Indigenous communities to different communities, often non-Indigenous, where they resided with private fami...