Cuts, Lay-offs, and Terminations: Employee Rights Under Austerity
Big changes are coming to Ontario. In recent months, families have been hit with wave after wave of bad news from the provincial government. From cuts to autism funding for students and children, to funding cuts for education, and cuts to library services, Ontarians...
Sarah Molyneaux talks the Gender Wage Gap and the Motherhood Penalty in the Workplace on the Agenda
Earlier this week Sarah Molyneaux joined Ryerson Professor Margaret Yap and author Michael Kaufman to discuss the gender wage gap following a recent reporting by RBC that women face losses in hourly wage rates for 5 years after the birth of a child. As Sarah and her...
Are Targeted Facebook Job Ads Discriminatory? The Social Media Problem
Can employers use targeted job ads to recruit applicants? A recent CBC investigation investigation revealed that many employers use ad settings that discriminate against some potential hires. WHO USES TARGETED FACEBOOK JOB ADS? In fact, since 2017 nearly 100 Canadian...
We’re Hiring!
Molyneaux Law seeks a part-time legal assistant to support a sole practitioner with a growing employment and human rights law practice. The ideal candidate: Has excellent communication skillsHas experience working in an office setting, preferably as a legal assistant...
Unionized employee wins right to pursue her case at the human rights tribunal, despite outstanding grievance
Unionized employees generally rely on their unions and the grievance process to address workplace discrimination and other employment issues. However, a human rights complaint is an exception to the rule that unionized employees must deal with workplace issues through...
Snow Days, Work and the Law: When Does a Worker have a Right to Stay Home due to Snow?
2019 has already brought us more than the average snow days. While this has meant frequent snow days for public school students, most working adults still had to go to work. Do employees have the right to snow days during extreme winter weather? Is there a law on Snow...
Should Pro Bono Work be Mandatory?
Whether you’re a lawyer or not, you may have read about Chief Justice Wagner’s recent suggestion that lawyers should be required to do a certain number of pro bono (free) legal work each year. While this was framed as an access to justice solution, it gives me pause....
Do Ontario Construction Workers Get Overtime and Severance Pay? Special Rules and Exemptions
Ontario construction workers may be surprised to find that they have different rights to overtime pay, severance pay and holidays or vacation than other workers.
Working Late Again? Sarah takes on Lawyers’ Mental Health in the Workplace at The Lawyer’s Daily
Workplace Human Rights Lawyer Sarah Molyneaux urged the legal profession to do more than talk about mental health on #BellLetsTalk day last month. Check out Sarah's article in The Lawyer's Daily to hear some of her ideas for building a healthier, happier legal...
Talking Union isn’t Harassment: Union Organizing Drives, Harassment Complaints and the Duty to Investigate
It’s not harassment to ask anti-union co-workers to sign a union card during a union organizing campaign according to a recent Ontario Labour Relations Board case argued by Sarah Molyneaux. Sarah represented Brian, a pro-union employee who wanted to unionize his...
Moly Law’s One Year Anniversary: Reflecting on the Business of Social Justice Law Practice
It seems like a good time to reflect. January marks not only the beginning of the calendar year, but also the one-year anniversary of Molyneaux Law’s launch as Hamilton's social justice law firm. This post is a bit of a departure from my normal blog posts: it’s not...
New Year News: New Office and a Clawbie to Ring in a Happy 2019!
2019 is off to a great start for Molyneaux Law. We have settled into our new space at 10 George Street , Suite 201 effective January 3, 2019. The new space offers greater physical accessibility through a wheelchair accessible building as well as a convenient location...