Practice Portal: Employment Law
If you practise employment law, this is your guide to important information, tools and resources relevant to your practice. Contact us if you need help finding information.
Case Law
Electronic Case Law
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- Canadian Labour and Employment Case Law: CANLAB-CS

- Canadian Cases on Employment Law: CCEL-RPTS

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CLE/CPD
CLE/CPD Programs and Materials
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Commentary
Frequently Used Texts
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Find more resources from our extensive collection of Ontario employment law texts:
The books listed here are excellent starting points for research on employment law. All these sources are available in the Great Library and in some county and district law libraries. Click on a book title to view a catalogue record with a list of library locations where copies are held.
- Canadian Employment Law by S.R. Ball
- Canadian Employment Law Factbook by P.F. Chauvin, H.R. Dyer and C.J. Hart
- The Duty to Accommodate in Employment by K.D. MacNeill
- Employment Law in Canada by G. England and R. Wood
- Employment Law Manual: Wrongful Dismissal, Human Rights and Employment Standards by J.R. Sproat
- Employment Litigation Manual by J.G. Knight, L.S. Goodfellow and C.J. Overholt
- Employee Obligations in Canada by J.A. D’Andrea
- Employment Obligations and Confidential Information by G.K. Steele and K.W. Thornicroft
- Employment Standards Act 2000: Policy and Interpretation Manual, Employment Practices Branch
- Employment Standards Handbook by K.A. Parry and D.A. Ryan
- Executive Employment Law
- Halsbury’s Laws of Canada: Employment
- Just Cause: The Law of Summary Dismissal in Canada by R.S. Echlin and M.L.O. Certosimo
- The Law of Dismissal in Canada by H.A. Levitt
- Privacy in Employment: Control of Personal Information in the Workplace by K. Klein, V. Gates and N. Beznosova
- Quitting for Good Reason: The Law of Constructive Dismissal in Canada by R.S. Echlin and J.M. Fantini
- Wrongful Dismissal by D. Harris
- Wrongful Dismissal Practice Manual by E.E. Mole
Forms/Precedents
Selected Forms and Precedents
- Canadian Forms & Precedents: Commercial Transactions: Employment
- Employment Contracts Handbook by C.J. Elliott and S.D. Saxe
- Law Society of Upper Canada, Annotated Document Series
- The Annotated Employment Agreement [Purchase]
- The Annotated Employment Law Injunction
- Annotated Business Agreements
- O’Brien’s Encyclopedia of Forms
- Labour Relations and Employment
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Current Awareness
Current Awareness Resources
Journals, Newsletters and Blogs
- Canadian Labour and Employment Case Law - Articles (CCEL-ART)

- Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal
- Ontario Bar Association, Labour and Employment Law Section
Newsletter
[Great
Library] - Thoughts from a Management Lawyer
Case Law and News Alerts
- Canada Law Book caseAlert: Employment Law

- LexisNexis Employment and Labour Law Reporter
- Canada Law Book The Employment Bulletin: Legal Issues in the Work Place
- LexisNexis Employment Law NetLetter – Digests

- Create your own using custom alert services from:
- LexisNexis Quicklaw
(PDF 275 KB) - Westlaw Canada
Websites—Associations
- Canadian Bar Association, National Labour and Employment Law Section

- Ontario Bar Association, Labour and Employment Law

Websites—Government Bodies
Practice Tools
Practice Tools
Quick Links
- Find a colleague in the Law Society's Lawyer and Paralegal Directory
- Certified Specialists in Labour Law
- More Law Society Practice Resources
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