Howard Levitt
Financial Post
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Howard Levitt: Here's how executives and boards can navigate tricky questions of compensation
Here are two cases,and some lessons for how boards of directors and executives can properly approach compensation issues. Read on. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Getting cheap with your employment contracts can be a costly mistake
The cost of being a spendthrift may not be worth the final bill when it comes to employment contracts. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Getting cheap with your employment contracts can be a costly mistake
The cost of being a spendthrift may not be worth the final bill when it comes to employment contracts. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Can you be fired without warning and more common employment law questions
You can get fired without a warning but the employer then has to pay you wrongful dismissal damages. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Employee forced to pay back wages for 'time theft' won't be the last
The B.C. accountant forced to repay wages from 'time theft' won't be the last as remote work proves too tempting for some. Read on more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: This B.C. case involving a Chinese airline shows how not to fire an employee
The case is an edifying checklist of what not to do when terminating employees and what consequences follow when rules are ignored. Read on. → Read More
Howard Levitt: What's happening to Jordan Peterson could happen to anyone now
Jordan Peterson says he has been ordered to do 're-education' over his social media posts by Ontario College of Psychologists. Read on → Read More
Howard Levitt: The consequences of secretly recording in the workplace
Legality doesn't necessarily equate to recording as being a good idea and it may be cause for discharge, legal experts say. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: A few more cases that changed workplace law in 2022
How severance can be paid and more. Read on. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Inflation is driving a union resurgence, but employees should be careful what they wish for
Labour unions can promise anything they want, knowing it is false, without legal consequence, writes Howard Levitt. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Inflation is driving a union resurgence, but employees should be careful what they wish for
Labour unions can promise anything they want, knowing it is false, without legal consequence, writes Howard Levitt. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Those pretending to be Indigenous to advance their careers risk employment law reckoning
In positions of authority or fiduciary positions, any dishonesty can be cause for discharge because integrity is fundamental to the position itself → Read More
Howard Levitt: Elon Musk's Twitter shows how not to embark on mass layoff
The bar for employer conduct, especially upon termination, is becoming increasingly higher, writes Howard Levitt. Read on. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Halton school board has the power to ban trans teacher’s outfit, it’s just too scared to use it
Even in a unionized environment, an employer always has the right to ensure that employees are appropriately attired. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Why Doug Ford's attempt to block the education workers' strike is a smart political play
Ford's move prevents large portions of the population from having to stay home from work, writes Howard Levitt. Read more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: The stigma around 'going after the victim' is fading in harassment cases
Counter-complaints won't pay off for most people and come with significant risks, say lawyers Howard Levitt and Kathryn Marshall. Read more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Sometimes doing the right thing is the wrong thing for employers
Many employers are nice people who have difficulty providing tough love needed to build up a case for cause, writes Howard Levitt. Read on. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Why it's better to be fired in Ontario than in B.C.
Ontario courts have a tendency to invalidate employment contracts, write Howard Levitt and Stephen Gillman. Find out more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Shakedowns in the guise of whistleblower complaints can have severe consequences
Shakedowns in the guise of whistleblower complaints can have severe consequences, write Howard Levitt and Muneeza Sheikh. Read more. → Read More
Howard Levitt: Workplace vaccine mandates get another boost in B.C. court decision
B.C. Supreme Court decision follows similar rulings in other jurisdictions. Read more here → Read More