A recent decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court sheds new light on an employer’s ability to terminate an employee for just cause for secretly recording conversations in the workplace....
2022 brings along another increase to Canada Pension Plan premiums contributions. This year, the maximum contributions by employees and employers to CPP is $3,499.80, compared to last year’s $3,166.00 –...
A recent Quebec labour ruling found that an employee who sustained an injury while working from home was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Back in September 2020, a Canadian airline...
Earlier this fall, Ontario’s minimum wage increased by $0.10 to $14.35 per hour, however, that number is now set to increase even more. Effective January 1, 2022, Ontario’s new general...
The Ontario government announced on December 7, 2021 that it will be extending the Worker Income Protection Benefit program, which provides three (3) paid infectious disease emergency leave days, until...
Effective January 1, 2022, all employees covered by the British Columbia Employment Standards Act (Act) will be entitled to 5 paid sick days per year. The entitlement is in addition...
On November 30th, 2021, the Ontario government passed the Working for Workers Act (“Act”). The Act, which was first introduced back in October, will require employers with 25 or more...
Both the BC and Ontario Human Rights Tribunals have recently issued significant general damages awards to employees where an employer failed to respect the employee’s request for the employer to...
Ontario has taken the first step towards requiring employers to provide employees with the ‘right to disconnect’ from work., The Working for Workers Act, 2021 (“Act”) has been introduced (but...
The B.C. Supreme Court recently awarded a terminated employee, with less than three months of service, more than $140,000 in wrongful dismissal and aggravated damages. The employer in this case...