A decision is expected soon in the class-action lawsuit launched by workers who claimed their former employer’s delay in notifying the Ministry of Labour of a plant’s closing denied them crucial support services, Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau tells the Toronto Star. Moreau, partner with Cavalluzzo LLP, is representing the plaintiffs — 76 workers who […]
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A recent Federal Court of Appeal decision should send a clear message to government to follow its own rules when trying to change airline passenger safety regulations, says Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau. “We have clear direction from the court that decisions being made by Transport Canada officials have to be governed by safety considerations,”
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A recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal emphasizes the importance of using clear termination clauses in restricting an employee’s notice or termination pay, says Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau. In Wood v. Fred Deeley Imports Ltd., 2017 ONCA 158 (CanLII), the appeal court ruled a termination clause was not legally enforceable because it
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Nearly 100 auto parts workers represented by Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau are suing their former employer for improper notice, lost wages and other alleged breaches in the 2015 plant closure of CTS of Canada Co. The manufacturing plant, previously located in Mississauga, Ontario’s Streetsville neighbourhood, shut down to move operations to Mexico and
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A class-action lawsuit launched by mothers on maternity leave against the federal government is set to proceed following a ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal, says Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau, who represents dozens of plaintiffs in the ongoing matter. The lawsuit alleges the government was negligent in implementing changes to the Employment Standards
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As confusion over the enforceability of termination clauses results in a great deal of litigation, the Supreme Court of Canada needs to step in and provide long-awaited clarity on the issue, Toronto employment lawyer Stephen Moreau tells Law Times. Moreau, partner with Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP, represented the plaintiff in Oudin v. Centre Francophone
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Toronto employment labour lawyer Stephen Moreau says his client, Jean-Francois Oudin, is considering an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada after the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a termination clause that prevents him from claiming full compensation in lieu of common law reasonable notice of termination. In Oudin v. Centre Francophone de Toronto 2016
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