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July 19, 2018 || by Leeora Avrahami || Articles ||
The new Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, which was scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2018, has been PAUSED by the Government of Ontario. As discussed in our e2r...
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July 5, 2018 || by Lindsay Glasgow || Articles ||
A recent interim decision by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“HRTO”) on May 18, 2018 has the potential to significantly impact an employer’s ability to terminate employee benefits after...
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July 4, 2018 || by Dan Goldstein and Lina Aristeo || Articles ||
On June 12, 2018, Quebec’s National Assembly adopted Bill 176: An Act to amend the Act respecting labour standards and other legislative provisions mainly to facilitate family-work balance. The amendments to...
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June 21, 2018 || by Leeora Avrahami || Articles ||
On July 1, 2018, the new Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 (“SFO Act”) will come into force. This piece of legislation repeals and replaces the Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2015 and the...
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June 7, 2018 || by Kristi Ambrose || Articles ||
Among other recently proposed changes to Quebec’s labour laws was a private member’s bill which, if passed, would require employers to implement an after hours’ policy allowing employees to disconnect...
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May 24, 2018 || by Alexandra Williamson || Articles ||
The Supreme Court of Canada recently issued two decisions that found that Quebec’s pay equity legislation, which was intended to ensure equal pay for men and women, is unconstitutional. Quebec...
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May 10, 2018 || by Erin Payne || Articles ||
Continuing the recent trend reported in prior e2r® Alerts, on April 9, 2018, the BC Government introduced Bill 6 – Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2018, which proposes to amend the...
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April 26, 2018 || by Lindsay Glasgow || Articles ||
Do you have employees working from home? Have you ever contemplated ending this arrangement? If so, it may not be as simple as you think! At the end of 2017,...
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April 12, 2018 || by Leeora Avrahami || Articles ||
The reach of provincial privacy legislation is ever expanding, as evidenced by a recent decision from B.C’s Privacy Commission requiring a company to disclose the job applications of a group...
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March 29, 2018 || by Alexandra Williamson || Articles ||
Over the last several months, the Liberal government in Quebec has reiterated that reform to the Act respecting labour standards (the “Act”) was coming. On March 20, 2018, Quebec’s Minister...
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