Toronto mother launches lawsuit after daughter with special needs left on bus for hours in the cold
KPA Lawyers – May 17, 2017 [RE-POSTED FROM GLOBAL NEWS] Laura Mastache is suing the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), Stock Transportation Ltd. and the school bus driver for $700,000 after her daughter was left on a school bus for hours during a cold, winter day. “I torture myself thinking what she went through, how […]
Ontario Introduces Legislation to Create Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs
KPA Lawyers – June 1, 2017 [REPOSTED from Ontario.ca] Ontario introduced legislation today to create more opportunity and security for workers through its plan for Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs, including hiking the minimum wage, ensuring part-time workers are paid the same hourly wage as full-time workers, introducing paid sick days for every worker and […]
What You Can Do About Workplace Sexual Harassment in Ontario
KPA Lawyers – August 4, 2017 In the winter of 2017, a Brampton company was ordered to pay $60,000 (plus legal costs) to a woman who endured constant on-the-job sexual harassment before being fired. Unfortunately, cases like these are not isolated. Often, sexual harassment in the workplace goes unreported for a number of reasons. Employees […]