Legal News Post of the Day: December 10, 2024

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Union says it met with Canada Post for first time since mediator suspended talks #law #legal #legalnews via CBC News https://t.co/shdqLYYIVh

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Accommodating Pregnancy in the Workplace

Can an employer fire an employee whose pregnancy is causing medical complications that affect her ability to perform her usual workplace duties?

Employers have a duty to accommodate in those circumstances unless it would cause undue hardship.

This accommodation may include changing job duties temporarily or providing time off work. 

It is unlawful and discriminatory if an employer improperly fires, demotes, or lays off an employee due to a pregnancy.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: December 9, 2024

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: TikTok loses bid in appeal court to halt law that could lead to U.S. ban #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/EfKljgZSqs

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of December 9, 2024

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of December 9, 2024

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of  December 9, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Biden Issues a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ of His Son Hunter Biden
  

• More and more places are asking for tips. Hidden cameras reveal who is and isn't getting them | CBC News
  

• Health order sending Manitoba woman to jail for tuberculosis treatment 'wildly excessive': lawyer
  

• He's been barred from his mother's Ontario long-term care home for over a year. Now, he's pushing back
  

• Rogers CEO in hotseat as MPs grill him over contracts customers call unfair and misleading
  

• Elon Musk’s $50 Billion Tesla Pay Can’t Be Reinstated, Delaware Judge Rules
  

• Privacy Commissioner v Facebook: Protecting Your Data From Tech Giants
  

• Here are some of the key takeaways from the Ontario Auditor General’s report
  

• Toronto police seek woman wanted for abducting her child after losing custody
  

• How a single U.S. Supreme Court case could shape life for transgender Americans
  

• 'Insulting': Intimate partner violence study cut short as Ontario eyes early election
  

• Sask. man who took daughter to prevent her from getting COVID vaccine gets 1-year sentence, already served
  

• TikTok loses bid in appeal court to halt law that could lead to U.S. ban
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: December 6, 2024

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: 'Insulting': Intimate partner violence study cut short as Ontario eyes early election #law #legal #legalnews via @CTVNews https://t.co/x07TzGYUsuhttps

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from June 24, 2012

This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from June 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Employment Law: Contractual Entitlement to Notice and the Question of Mitigation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/ontario-employment-law-contractual.html

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: December 5, 2024

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: How a single U.S. Supreme Court case could shape life for transgender Americans #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/5PIHuZ8hDW

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Compensation of an Estate Trustee

An Estate Trustee is entitled to be paid for the work they do on behalf of the Estate.

The compensation is 2.5% of each transaction in and of the Estate, and 0.4% of the average value of the estate for each year they act as Trustee.

Estate beneficiaries are entitled to challenge the compensation claimed by the Estate Trustee after the Trustee passes their accounts.

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: December 3, 2024

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Privacy Commissioner v Facebook: Protecting Your Data From Tech Giants #law #legal #legalnews via @thecourtdotca https://t.co/Ih09J6Itvj

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Family #LawFact of the Day: Common Law Separation in Ontario

The property rights of Common Law spouses upon separation are not governed by any Ontario statute.

Common Law spouses may still advance family property claims, especially where property has been acquired in a “joint family venture”

A spouse may also have property rights if they have contributed to the acquisition, maintenance, or improvement of property owned by their common law spouse

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News Post of the Day: December 3, 2024

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Elon Musk’s $50 Billion Tesla Pay Can’t Be Reinstated, Delaware Judge Rules #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/GLhSpqxhDj

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Employment #LawFact of the Day: Returning to Work from Maternity or Parental Leave

Can an employer significantly change your job duties while you are on parental leave?

Pursuant to the Employment Standards Act, in most cases, an employee who takes pregnancy/parental leave is entitled to return to the same role or a comparable role the employee had before the leave began, or a comparable role if the employee’s former position no longer exists.

If an employee experiences significant changes to the terms of their employment, then they may be entitled to bring a claim for constructive dismissal. 

Has your role been improperly changed following a parental leave?

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Legal News post of the Day: December 2, 2024

#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Biden Issues a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ of His Son Hunter Biden #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/bBnGlrZ21n

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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Wise Law's Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of December 2, 2024

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Wise Law's Legal Headlines for the week of December 2, 2024

Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of  December 2, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Court hearing legal arguments in sex assault case of five hockey players
  

• Canadian MPs among social media users pivoting from X to Bluesky in the wake of U.S. vote
  

• Second Cup closes cafés, cuts ties with Montreal franchisee over 'hateful remarks and gestures'
  

• U.S. prosecutors seek to drop charges in 2 federal cases against Donald Trump
  

• Doug Ford government passes bill to limit bike lanes
  

• Trump promises a 25% tariff on products from Canada, Mexico
  

• Woman arrested in Taylor Swift ticket fraud case: Toronto police
  

• Notorious killer Paul Bernardo set to appear before Parole Board of Canada
  

• Toronto police charge woman in Taylor Swift ticket scam that cost victims $70,000
  

• Drake launches 2nd legal action over Kendrick Lamar's song. What could happen next?
  

• Serial killer Paul Bernardo denied parole for a third time: Key moments from the hearing
  

• Translation turmoil at the Supreme Court of Canada
  

• A social media ban for under-16s passes the Australian Senate and will soon be a world-first law
  

• Canadian Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising
  

• Canadian news publishers suing ChatGPT developer OpenAI
  

• Interesting read from Canadian Law of Work Forum: Can Canada Post "Lay-Off" Strikers?
  

• 'The foundation of the future': Manitoba Métis Federation signs 1st modern Métis treaty with federal government
  

- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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