What happens to the employees of small businesses when they are purchased or sold? In a 2024 Ontario Court of Appeal case, Manthadi v ASCO…
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After dental school, most dentists begin their careers working as an associate for an established dental clinic. An associate dentist provides services in one of…
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If you are an employer in Ontario and have employment contracts with out-of-date termination language, then it is time to place 'new team contracts' at…
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In the case of Kazi v Gajjar, 2023 CanLII 86105 (ON HPARB), a patient attended a dental office and received treatment from an ASSOCIATE dentist (not…
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Running a dental practice can be challenging at times. As an employer, the law does not make it any more straightforward for you. When temporarily…
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In case you missed it, a university in upstate New York is suing its cleaning company for the careless acts of one of its janitors,…
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The decision in O’Reilly v. ClearMRI Solutions Ltd., 2021 ONCA 385 (“ClearMRI”) is important for any dentist with more than one DPC as it speaks…
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Sometimes, in associate agreements, we find these clauses that say: if the associate solicits a former staff, they owe some amount of money as "liquidated…
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In this post, we'll be looking at the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Celestini v Shoplogix Inc., 2023 ONCA 131 (CanLII) ("Shoplogix"). This…
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Although leaves of absence are not uncommon among dental practices, many dentists may be unaware of the common legal traps employers could fall into when…
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