Employment Law and Labour Law

In Canada, when an employer terminates an employee without cause, the employee will presumptively be entitled to notice or payment in lieu of notice – which we commonly refer to as severance.

Settlements provide certainty and finality in place of protracted litigation. Positional demands are made, and concessions are offered up, to bring legal disputes to a firm end.

For a business, the loss of key employees to a competitor can be devastating. While departing employees may not take their employer's confidential documentation...

Like many, I have been distressed by the news of the world junior hockey sexual assault trial taking place in London, Ontario.

Dans un contexte économique imprévisible, les employeurs sont appelés à prendre des décisions complexes en matière de gestion des ressources humaines et à faire preuve d'agilité

Dans cette affaire, l'employé a poursuivi son ancien employeur pour congédiement injustifié après avoir été licencié sans motif valable.

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 04/24 to 05/07.

On March 25, 2025, the British Columbia Financial Services Authority (BCFSA), the regulator of provincially regulated financial institutions (PRFI's), including provincially registered pension plans...

The 2021 Canadian Census revealed that nearly a quarter of the Canadian population consisted of immigrants, which represents the eighth-largest immigrant population in the world.

Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including hard caps on the length of time temporary foreign workers can stay in Canada and new sanctions against employers who fail to comply with their commitments to temporary foreign workers, are slated to take effect on April 1, 2011. Companies would be well advised to prepare for the changes now, starting with conducting an immigration audit of their existing workforce in Canada.

Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including hard caps on the length of time temporary foreign workers can stay in Canada and new sanctions against employers who fail to comply with their commitments to temporary foreign workers, are slated to take effect on April 1, 2011.

The Canadian government has recently announced changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations ("Regulations") that will affect the Foreign Workers’ Program.