New legislation has been passed, resulting in several changes to the Canada Labour Code that directly affect federally regulated employers. For the purpose of clarity, the below changes do not impact provincially regulated...
Back in June the Ontario government extended the deemed Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (“IDEL”) to September 25th, 2021 – it has now been extended once again and will end on...
Many employers continue to experience confusion respecting the new upcoming Federal statutory holiday – the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The new holiday, which will be recognized on September...
With a Federal Election just around the corner, now is a good time to start thinking about your obligations as an employer to provide your employees with time off work...
A recent arbitration decision – ICBC v. MoveUP (Canadian Office and Professional Employees’ Union Local 378) (Mundy Grievance) – highlights how sick leave abuse by employees could be cause for termination, even...
In a surprising decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the court recently reduced an employee’s common law reasonable notice period by two (2) months due to her failure...
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a company to pay significant damages after terminating an employee who made a sexual harassment complaint. The employee, a sales associate for a...
Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) received royal assent on June...
Ontario employers with a payroll of $2.5 million or more are required under Section 64 of the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) to pay statutory severance pay to...
Recently we sent out an Alert outlining how the current Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (“IDEL”) could be considered constructive dismissal at common law. Well there appears to be a disagreement...