Ottawa Employment Lawyer Sean P. Bawden

09/08/2024

08/29/2024

Chuffed to be included in this year's list of Best Lawyers for Labour and Employment.

07/27/2023

For those looking for a straightforward summary of the law concerning reprisal claims pursuant to section 50, have a look at this:

Best Employment Law Blog in Canada. Sean Bawden, Partner, Kelly Santini LLP. Ottawa, ON.

12/13/2022

If finding a career position is on your New Year's resolution list, we have three exciting opportunities for you to take a look at. One may be just what you are looking for to kick-off 2023. Check out the recruitment page of our website to learn about these roles:

1 - Law Clerk - Litigation
2 - Legal Assistant - Litigation
3 - Legal Assistant - Corporate and Estates

https://www.kellysantini.com/recruitment

11/26/2022

What does a recurring segment on a 1990's sketch comedy show have to do with employment law? It raises the question of whether dismissed employees must lower their expectations when mitigating their damages.

Answer from the here: http://bit.ly/3XuBGZf

11/26/2022

The Ontario Court of Justice recently admitted wage surveys from websites such as Indeed to impute earnings to a party who refused to provide any financial disclosure. What might this mean in wrongful dismissal cases?

My thoughts here:

Best Employment Law Blog in Canada. Sean Bawden, Partner, Kelly Santini LLP. Ottawa, ON.

09/17/2022

Is that legal?

An employee signs a waiver and release knowingly agreeing that if he gets injured in the course of his employment, he won't sue his employer for compensation.

Is that legal?! Ontario's top court had some views.

My summary here:

Best Employment Law Blog in Canada. Sean Bawden, Partner, Kelly Santini LLP. Ottawa, ON.

07/29/2022

Ontario's top court has confirmed public school teachers are protected from unreasonable search and seizure by section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms if the search and seizure is performed in the workplace by their employers:

Ontario's law on electronic monitoring of employees is changing- what you need to know.

04/23/2022

Ontario's Court of Appeal released a decision earlier this week in which it confirmed that employees fired "for cause" may still be entitled the receipt of certain severance benefits, an issue about which I have been writing for nearly a decade.

While my summary of the case is available here, https://bit.ly/3xTR8Up, what do you think- should employees who get fired "for cause" still receive their severance?

Ontario Court of Appeal recognizes that employees terminated for cause may still be entitled to statutory termination benefits

03/06/2022

How much time do you have to sue for unpaid overtime? Thanks to a recent decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, it could be lot longer than you may think:

Best Employment Law Blog in Canada. Sean Bawden, Partner, Kelly Santini LLP. Ottawa, ON.