Silence is Acceptance: You Have 10 Days to Object to a Constructive Dismissal Before You Lose Your Rights.20260304143426
Costs of playing hardball: Is terminating an employee worth $150,000?20260218125827
A Million Dollar Comma: Lack of Precision in Contract Language Leads to a Legal Nightmare20260121113529
Employment Law Shake-Up: Key Changes in 2025 and What to Expect in 202620251210110102
Lai-King Hum honoured to be named one of Toronto’s Top Lawyers in 2025 by the North Toronto Post20251209152036
Hum Law Firm named as a top employment law firm in Toronto for 202520251209145459
Renew or Regret: Why an Employment Contract Review Could Save Thousands20251118153548
I Was Fired and My Employer Says I’m an Independent Contractor, But I Work for Them Full Time. What Do I Do?20251112103645
Is Your Performance Improvement Plan a Warning Sign of Termination?20251009120025
I Was Fired for Cause. What Can I Do?20250926151254
I Was Fired for Cause. What Can I Do?
September 26, 2025Employee Services
Coldplay cheating scandal: How Should Employers Handle Office Romance?20250811170957
Can your employer force you back to the office? Know your rights.20250805111108
The Ripple Effect of Tariffs: A Guide for Ontario’s Auto Industry Workers20250618161420
My Employer Just Gave Me a New Employment Contract – Do I Have to I Sign It Right Away?20250611154215
Can Tariffs Lead to Wrongful Termination Claims?20250528093858
Trump’s Tariffs Endanger Canadian Business: How can employers manage the risks?20250324160344
Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Clauses: It’s a costly mistake if you can’t keep your mouth shut20250319100521
Whistleblowing and Corporate Integrity: The Role of Reporting Unethical Conduct in Safeguarding Corporate Governance20250304093207
How Employers Can Navigate Family Status Accommodations: Key Takeaways from the Aguele v. Family Options Inc. Decision20250227160935
Dufault updates: CA dismisses appeal, employer seeks leave to appeal, and confirmation of Dufault approach in Baker20250219180240
Put on temporary layoff due to tariffs? Here’s why you should act now20250131102405
Navigating the Changing Workplace in 2025: Top Employment Law Developments From 2024 Explained20250115180801
Navigating the Legal Landscape of Remote Work: A Guide for Ontario Employers20250109121756
Am I entitled to any pay if my employer cancels my shift last minute? (The Globe and Mail)20241212113124
The Cost of unreasonable claims and behaviour against Your Employer20241212112748
Does your employer have to accommodate you if you need to take care of family members?20241209134040
Performance Improvement Plan: Is It Just A Cover-up for Termination?20241128231826
Investigate now: Discrimination Claims in the Workplace20241114104112
Investigate now: Discrimination Claims in the Workplace
November 14, 2024Employer Services
What is “fresh consideration” and why you should maintain a healthy skepticism about signing new employment contracts20241001224457
Review employment contracts regularly or risk incurring extra costs – written by Lai King Hum (HR Law Canada)20240826143916
My manager verbally agreed to make my role fully remote. Will that hold up with a new hybrid policy? (The Globe and Mail)20240821141532
I got fired. My employer wants me to sign a termination letter. Do I have to sign anything right away?20240812165506
Secretly recording calls: is it a risk worth taking?20240724120229
Review employment contracts regularly or risk incurring extra costs20240611161338
Top 10 errors employers make20240320145739
Top 10 errors employers make
March 20, 2024Employer Services
Your employer can’t bully you! How courts are recognizing mistreatment of employees in damages awards20240312120106
I haven’t been scheduled for a shift in three weeks. Would I qualify for EI? (The Globe and Mail)20240308113247
The cost of callousness in the world of social media20240213145203
The cost of callousness in the world of social media
February 13, 2024Employer Services
Navigating Human Rights and Accommodation in Ontario’s Workplace20240207205816
Executive Compensation in Wrongful Termination Cases: Is Everything Negotiable, Including Contractual Benefits?20240125103437
The Workplace Legal Barometer: A look back at key 2023 developments and what to expect through 202420240125101710
Anticipating Employment Law 2024: Key Developments from 2023 for Employers to Watch Out For20240117113348
Upcoming Changes to the Canada Labour Code: What Employers Need to Know about Termination, Layoff, and Dismissal20240109000043
Workplace Investigations: Best Practices in Mining (Canadian Mining Magazine)20231230144443
You’ve Been Terminated. Now What?20231212160652
You’ve Been Terminated. Now What?
December 12, 2023Employee Services
Businesses Beware: $600,000 in damages and other costly mistakes in fixed-term contracts20231210122717
Tax Alert on Employment Dispute Settlement20231205114700
Tax Alert on Employment Dispute Settlement
December 5, 2023News & Updates
Executive Compensation in Wrongful Termination Cases: Is Everything Negotiable, Including Contractual Benefits?20231128120832
Ontario is Considering a New Regulation to Address Heat Stress during Extremely Hot Weather20231114153353
What are the standards that employers are responsible for when it comes to harassment?20231012151332
Junkang Yang has been called to the bar in Ontario and will join Hum Law’s growing team as an associate20230803181938
What to Do When Your Employment Contract Doesn’t Reflect Your Actual Job Duties20230802122547
Hum Law has been selected as an Excellence Awardee in the annual Canadian HR Awards20230720160111
Changing an employee’s job duties without updating their employee contracts can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars20230627163243
How to respond to a Ministry of Labour investigation20230511160831
Costs of playing hardball: Is terminating an employee worth $150,000?20230418130644
Lessons from Lisa LaFlamme, echoes from Julie Payette, and the perils of a toxic workplace20230307115232
Top 7 employment law issues that will affect Ontario employers in 202320230118115949
If IDEL has ended, you have been constructively dismissed20221018135406
Constructive Dismissal: The cost of not moving forward immediately20220930141706
How employers can manage the fallout of the end of IDEL20220927142454
How employers can manage the fallout of the end of IDEL
September 27, 2022Employer Services
Ontario Electronic Monitoring Policy Due by October 11, 202220220920214359
Workplace Investigations: What employers need to know when there is a workplace harassment or discrimination incident20220902171150
Question: My child has been getting sick and frequently has to stay home from school. My employer told me that I could not miss any more work, but I have to be home to care for my child. Can my employer fire me?20220822205248
What does the suspension of vaccine mandates for federal employees mean for your business?20220809184051
Bell Guilty of Reckless Termination: Have you been “recklessly” fired? Here is how you can prove discrimination.20220808090030
Ontario Court of Appeal decision Rhaman v Cannon Design Architecture: How employment agreements are written can leave employers with costly consequences20220715152155
I was terminated without cause. What is the difference between common law reasonable notice and termination and severance pay under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act?20220712173344
Before you hire your next employees, make sure you consider these basic employment law factors20220616023252
My employee has refused to return to the office. What can I do?20220610125414
I have been laid off or on IDEL (unpaid leave) since the initial wave of COVID-19 in March 2020. What should I do next?20220502121545
Question: My employer is removing the mandates at work, and I don’t want to go back into the office because I don’t feel safe. What are my rights?20220501120403
Understanding Workplace Harassment Investigations: When they are necessary and when they are not20220420120547
Employer Update: Creating a “Disconnecting from Work” Policy20220416110844
As an employer, should I remove all mask and vaccine mandates?20220412222628
UPDATE: Arbitrator says COVID-19 booster shots in workplace vaccination policies are reasonable20220329214753
How much notice should I give to my employees for coming back to the office?20220321123904
What happens with employer vaccine and pandemic policies now that the mandates are being lifted?20220316012339
Question: I got my vaccination late. I was fired anyway. What are my rights?20220302184636
How booster shots will affect workplace COVID-19 vaccination policies20220225225500
COVID-19 vaccination policies are being tested. Conflicting decisions create uncertainty for employers.20220218165131
Workplace Harassment in the Age of Zoom20220210222717
Workplace Harassment in the Age of Zoom
February 10, 2022Uncategorized
Question: I need to lay someone off due to a vaccine mandate. How do I avoid being sued?20220207221340
My employer has placed me on indefinite unpaid leave and threatened to fire me without a severance package because I won’t get vaccinated. Can my employer do this?20220126000329
Justin Trudeau’s vaccine promise that wasn’t made to be kept (The Globe and Mail)20220121223317
What Ontario employers can anticipate in 2022 from some of 2021’s most important employment developments20220121130328
Scores of unvaccinated workers are filing wrongful dismissal claims against employers, lawyers say (The Globe and Mail)20220114133342
Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 received Royal Assent. Here are detailed next steps for employers20220104013014
The perils of not having a well-drafted termination clause20220102004458
Ontario announces the extension of COVID-19 sick days and Infectious Disease Emergency Leave20211215131624
Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021: What employers need to know20211208162133
Question: My employer has placed me on unpaid leave because I did not get a COVID-19 vaccination. What next?20211120125934
Question: I have the required proof for a vaccine exemption, but my employer denied my request. What can I do if I cannot get the vaccine and my employer has a mandatory vaccination policy?20211112143247
What happens if I refuse to comply with my employer’s mandatory vaccination policy? Two Questions Answered20211110134636
Question: My employer has given me a mandatory vaccination notice stating that if I do not get vaccinated, they will terminate my employment without severance or termination pay. What are my legal rights?20211104113856
Employers have a duty to accommodate employees for certain COVID-19 related issues: Key things employers should know as the economy reopens20211028000044
In the Era of COVID, working from home is here to stay: Do you have a remote work policy in place?20211025214732
Medical and Religious exemptions and how they can affect your mandatory COVID vaccination policy20211008141300
Covid-19 Vaccine Passports in the Workplace: Enforcement and Employer Responsibilities20211005222002
From mandatory COVID-19 vaccines to mask mandates: 6 things every employer needs to know20210925194018
Ontario Human Rights Commission policy statement on COVID-19 vaccine mandates and proof of vaccine certificates20210922185023
Question: We have a mandatory vaccination policy in place but 3 of my employees refuse to get vaccinated. It is making the rest of my staff uncomfortable, and I want to make sure that rules are followed. Can I legally fire them?20210910185559
Question: We have had the same contract worker working for us full time for 10 years. Due to restructuring, we will no longer require their services and will sadly have to let them go. How much notice do we need to give and do we need to pay severance?20210902155720
Reopening Business: COVID-19 workforce policies for Vaccines, Masks, Workplace Safety and Work from Home Accommodation20210901154550
Laid-off or fired during COVID-19 in Ontario? Temporary layoffs may actually be constructive dismissal.20210827170441
Question: Can my employer force me to get the COVID-19 vaccine?20210727114009
Severance Pay and EI Benefits: What employees need to know about temporary COVID measures20210625224807
Employers can require employees to become fully vaccinated against COVID-1920210620115548
Question: I keep having to miss work because my kids have to quarantine from school due to possible COVID-19 exposure. My boss threatened to fire me because of it. Is that legal?20210601165743
Constructive dismissal: COVID rules keep changing… Are you sure you haven’t been fired?20210527005604
Ontario COVID-19 paid sick leave a boon to employers and essential employees20210505150611
What do the new Ontario-wide shutdown and zero-tolerance COVID-19 inspections mean for employers?20210419105448
Can Employers Require Employees to Get the COVID Vaccine?20210321155716
Can Employers force Covid-19 vaccination on Employees?20210307205907
The Importance of Accessible Virtual Meetings20210129151022
The Importance of Accessible Virtual Meetings
January 29, 2021Uncategorized
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Hum Law Introduces Closed Captions for all Meetings as an Essential Service20210119113350
Supreme Court Upholds Waksdale Decision Invalidating Employment Agreements in Ontario20210119102132
Ontario extends suspension of COVID-19 layoff clock and constructive dismissal rules come in time for the provincewide shutdown20201226000019
COVID-19 Regulations are Changing for Employers in Ontario: Are You Compliant with Section 22 of the HPPA?20201119145022
Practical tips: What employers should do to comply with “public health guidance” during COVID-1920201113135729
Uber & Lyft: The Hidden Business Risks of the Gig Economy during COVID-1920201110100817
Can I refuse to work to home school my kids to avoid them going back to school?20200914131107
Ontario Extends Support for Employers and Employees impacted by COVID-19 until January 2 202120200909133106
Ontario Terminated the COVID-19 Declared Emergency and it will have catastrophic effects on CERB layoffs due to the Waksdale decision starting September 4th20200811092424
Ontario Court of Appeal Decision Just Made Most Termination Clauses Invalid20200728104143
Breaking Down Toronto’s Mandatory Mask By-law and What it Means for Employers20200708155447
8 Questions Employers Should Ask Before Reopening in the Era of COVID-1920200625225044
Commuting During COVID-19, a Human Rights Concern?20200624102841
Globe Careers’ Leadership Lab: How the shifting face of leadership is changing employment law20200618174837
Ignoring the OHRC Statement on COVID-19 Can Have Severe Consequences for Employers20200602153835
Ontario Government announces new regulations to protect employees and employers during COVID-1920200601143116
6 legal questions on return to ‘new normal’20200506112134
We’re All In This Together: What the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Means for Employers20200424000023
How to Conduct Harassment or Discrimination Investigation20200420180720
Layoffs during financial difficulties can cause unnecessary risk20200312123515
Foodora Couriers Can Legally Unionize: Here is What That Means for the Gig Economy Employers20200227185642
Workplace Harassment Complaints: Investigate when necessary but don’t necessarily investigate20200211142106
5 Ways to Deal with Unconscious Bias in the Workplace20200129133841
5 Ways to Deal with Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
January 29, 2020Uncategorized
Eliminating the Risk of Terminating Fixed-Term Contracts20200121113107
Eight things employers ignore at their peril!20191205001612
Eight things employers ignore at their peril!
December 5, 2019Uncategorized
Lai-King Hum Nominated for RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards 201920190615002334
Lai King Hum speaks at the LSSA of Concordia University’s Alumni Judge and Lawyer Panel20190208171639
Weed and the Workplace20181205160327
Weed and the Workplace
December 5, 2018Uncategorized
“You are not a good fit for us” – expert evidence and systemic discrimination in the workplace20170920002420
Uber and Toronto Dominion : How Toxic Culture Can Cost Billions20170330234151
“Should I stay or should I go?” – and other mitigation questions20160504011200
Taking a Closer Look at Human Rights Commission Policy Directives20150529112521
“Canadian experience required”: prohibited discrimination or being discriminating about standards?20130815110738
“Will work for free!”: employers, beware of offers of free work by unpaid interns20130712120237
Universities accommodation of anxiety disorder20120610123519
Doing business in Canada: some key differences in employment and labo(u)r law in Canada and U.S.20120522122923
Suspect your employee is using drugs or drinking?20111105124806
Suspect your employee is using drugs or drinking?
November 5, 2011Uncategorized
Seven-year recap: “psychological harassment” in Quebec20110525124540
Workplace violence and harassment, understanding the requirements of Bill 16820100503131142
Avoiding constructive dismissal claims20091125132426
Avoiding constructive dismissal claims
November 25, 2009Uncategorized
Fixed-term employment contracts and the obligation to mitigate20081012133045
Under investigation at work?20080326132449
Under investigation at work?
March 26, 2008Uncategorized
Please note: The articles here provide only an overview and do not constitute legal advice. Do not make any decisions based on reading any of these articles alone. Specific legal advice suited to the reader is strongly advised.