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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Legislation for the period 02/22 to 03/06
Miller Thomson LLP
On March 5, 2024, Public Safety Canada ("PSC") amended the Guidance for entities (the "Guidance"), which was originally published in December 2023 (the "December 2023 Guidance")...
Pallett Valo LLP
The decision is noteworthy in its expanding, in a significant way, the health and safety obligations of an "owner" of a construction project under Ontario's Occupational Health...
Watson Goepel LLP
Employers may not think of domestic violence as a workplace issue. However, legislation across Canada creates obligations for employers in the workplace relating to domestic violence.
Fasken
The Complainant - who identifies as a transgender man, using he/him/his pronouns – was assigned another name at birth, which he had not been able to legally change.
Miller Thomson LLP
In a February 20, 2024 news release, the Alberta government expressed an intention to review and update the Occupational Health and Safety Code, Alta Reg 191/2021 (the "OHS Code")...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Canada, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada has effectively confirmed that the definition of "employer" under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act ("OHSA") includes project stakeholders...
CCPartners
In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd, 2024 ONSC 253 (CanLII), the employee was dismissed for cause and commenced a wrongful dismissal action against her former employer...
MLT Aikins LLP
All Saskatchewan employers will soon be required to have a violence policy and prevention plan in place.
Blaney McMurtry LLP
Effective January 1, 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") introduced a new administrative policy relevant to employers with full-time remote workers (the "Policy").
Fasken (French)
Dans une décision récente, le Tribunal administratif du travail du Québec (ci-après le « Tribunal ») a conclu qu'en l'absence de contrepartie reçue en échange de travail effectué...
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Legislation for the period 01/25 to 02/07
Cassels
In Lagala v. Patene Building Supplies Ltd.,1 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a wrongful termination claim commenced by the former Health, Safety and Training Manager...
Glaholt Bowles
Ontarians will recall the tragic 2009 case where on Christmas Eve, four workers who had recently immigrated from Eastern Europe plunged 13 stories to their death from a swing stage...
Cox & Palmer
Strikes and lockouts cause massive interruptions in an employer's operations. When faced with a strike or lockout, employers will sometimes use replacement workers to continue their operations...
Bennett Jones LLP
In the case of Van Hee v Glenmore Inn Holdings Ltd., 2023 ABCJ 244 (Van Hee), Justice L.L. Burt of the Alberta Court of Justice (the Court) held that an employer was justified in unilaterally...
WeirFoulds LLP
A recent trend of employees recording termination meetings has appeared on social media apps, such as TikTok, and creates new considerations for employers when conducting...
Spring Law
There has been no shortage of high-profile workplace investigations and discussions surrounding the outcome of those investigations in the news over the past year. But what happens when you're no longer...
Fasken
In this case, the worker's brother owned an auto parts dismantling and cutting business. The worker had been self employed as an independent...
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