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Long-Term Illness / Sick Leave In Canada: What Employers Need To Know

British Columbia and Alberta are the latest provinces to move to a 27‑week, job‑protected illness / sick leave. With Bill 30 receiving Royal Assent on November 27, 2025, B.C. implemented...

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Fixed-Term Or Not: Mitigation Is Required

In Mac's Convenience Stores Inc. v Basyal, 2025 BCCA 284, the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed in British Columbia that employees of fixed-term contracts are required to mitigate if the contract is terminated...

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

10 Things Ontario Workers With Invisible Disabilities Need To Know About Long-Term Disability Benefits

Many Ontario workers live with conditions that other people cannot see: depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, migraines, long COVID...

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

2025: The Year In Review In Employment Law

Ontario employers continue to navigate sweeping reforms under the various Working for Workers acts, including preparing for the new pay transparency rules coming into force on January 1, 2026.

Canada Employment

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Cassels

The Networking Secret No One Tells Women: Just Ask

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

Vos régimes d'avantages sociaux sont-ils adaptés à l'âge de vos employés?

Canada Employment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Termination For Cause In Ontario: What You May Still Be Entitled To (Video)

Canada Employment

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Holiday Cheer Without The Claims: Employer Obligations And Holiday Parties

Canada Employment

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Pallett Valo LLP

Unveiling The Truth: Predatory Women Teachers And Male Student Abuse

Canada Employment

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Gluckstein Lawyers

Reminder For Ontario Employers: Incoming Public Job Posting Requirements

Canada Employment

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Alberta Aligns With Other Provinces In Extending Long Term Illness And Injury Leave

Canada Employment

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Bennett Jones LLP

Changements à venir à la législation sur l'emploi pour les employeurs ontariens et fédéraux

Canada Employment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Year-End Immigration Compliance Checklist For Employers

Canada Employment

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McMillan LLP

12 Key Employee Rights In Ontario (2025–2026 Update)

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

Torys On Budget 2025: Supporting Innovation In Financial Services

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Torys LLP

Financial Services Regulatory Authority Of Ontario's New Proposed Life And Health Managing General Agents Rule

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Torys LLP

Modifications To Canada Revenue Agency's Voluntary Disclosures Program

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MLT Aikins LLP

Artist's Resale Right Proposed In Canada's 2025 Federal Budget

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Ontario Is Building A New "Talent Stream" PR Pathway

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Significant Changes Ahead: New Measures To Limit Temporary Foreign Worker Program In Canada

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Green and Spiegel

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Green and Spiegel

I'm Listening: BC Appeal Court Confirms That Secretly Recording Colleagues Constitutes Just Cause

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

La Fête Est Terminée : La Colombie-Britannique Annonce L'entrée En Vigueur De Normes D'emploi Pour Les Travailleurs De Plateformes Numériques

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Nouvelles de l'Ontario : le projet de loi 149 propose diverses modifications, notamment les obligations de transparence salariale et de divulgation du recours à l'IA dans les offres d'emploi et le projet de loi 79 entre en vigueur

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Updates: Bill 149 Proposes Variety Of Changes Including Pay Transparency And AI Disclosure Requirements For Job Postings, Bill 79 Comes Into Force

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Gig Is Up: British Columbia Announces Incoming Employment Standards For App-Based Gig Workers

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

AODA Reminder: Approaching Deadline (December 31, 2023) To File Accessibility Compliance Reports

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Update On The Pay Transparency Act: British Columbia Government Finally Transparent With Employers On Reporting Requirements

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Wild West: Alberta Labour Board Orders Suspension Of Union Dues For Wildcat Strike

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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Fixed-Term Or Not: Mitigation Is Required

In Mac's Convenience Stores Inc. v Basyal, 2025 BCCA 284, the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed in British Columbia that employees of fixed-term contracts are required to mitigate if the contract is terminated...

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

Obligations fiduciaires après la transaction : les enseignements tirés de Megory Holdings

Les acheteurs comptent souvent sur la participation continue des vendeurs pour faciliter...

Canada Commercial

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Termination Clauses

In the ever-evolving legal landscape regarding the enforceability of severance-limiting termination provisions, it is already difficult enough trying to get the legal drafting right.

Canada Employment

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 1 – 5, 2025)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

The Evolution Of Termination Clauses In Ontario And What It Means For Employment Contracts

Canada Employment

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Are Your Benefits Plans Age Appropriate?

Canada Employment

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Miller Thomson LLP

7 Things You Should Include In An Employment Contract

Canada Employment

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Prowse Barrette

Protecting AI Innovation: Fiduciary Duties In The Age Of AI

Canada Technology

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Torkin Manes LLP

"Employer Of Record?" The Labour Court's Decision Regarding Territorial Jurisdiction

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Fasken

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

10 Things Ontario Workers With Invisible Disabilities Need To Know About Long-Term Disability Benefits

Many Ontario workers live with conditions that other people cannot see: depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, migraines, long COVID...

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

2025: The Year In Review In Employment Law

Ontario employers continue to navigate sweeping reforms under the various Working for Workers acts, including preparing for the new pay transparency rules coming into force on January 1, 2026.

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Holiday Cheer Without The Claims: Employer Obligations And Holiday Parties

Though after a summer plagued by HR scandals including affairs under Coldplay's Sky Full of Stars, the Diddy trial, and the NHL's Canadian World Junior Hockey Team sexual assault trial...

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Pallett Valo LLP

Unveiling The Truth: Predatory Women Teachers And Male Student Abuse

Canada Employment

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Gluckstein Lawyers

Alberta Aligns With Other Provinces In Extending Long Term Illness And Injury Leave

Canada Employment

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Bennett Jones LLP

12 Key Employee Rights In Ontario (2025–2026 Update)

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Unified LLP

When Investigators Need "No Less Serenity Than A Judge": What Carreau V. Canada Quietly Signals To HR Leaders

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

British Columbia Establishes New Illness And Injury Leave

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Protecting Our Municipal Workforce

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Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Vos régimes d'avantages sociaux sont-ils adaptés à l'âge de vos employés?

La population active du Canada vieillit. La retraite n'étant plus obligatoire, les employés travaillent souvent bien au-delà de 65 ans et mettent à profit une expérience et un talent inestimables.

Canada Employment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Scheme Sessions Vol2. 2025 - Why Should Pension Schemes Care About Nature Related Risk? (Video)

Jason Coates: Good afternoon, everyone. A very warm welcome to the latest in the Gowling WLG scheme sessions webinars. Really excited about today because of our topic, nature...

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Gowling WLG

Are Your Benefits Plans Age Appropriate?

Canada's workforce is aging. With the abolition of mandatory retirement, employees are often working well past age 65, bringing invaluable experience and talent.

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Miller Thomson LLP

Points clés à retenir du Séminaire annuel 2025 sur les régimes de retraite et les avantages sociaux

Canada Employment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Cinq facteurs à considérer pour réduire les risques liés aux régimes de retraite

Canada Employment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Comprendre la discrimination systémique : un guide pour les enquêtes en milieu de travail

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Understanding Systemic Discrimination: A Practical Framework For Workplace Investigations

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Key Takeaways From The 2025 Annual Pension & Benefits Seminar

Canada Employment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Federal Budget 2025 Introduces Big Changes: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

2025: The Year In Review In Employment Law

Ontario employers continue to navigate sweeping reforms under the various Working for Workers acts, including preparing for the new pay transparency rules coming into force on January 1, 2026.

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Lessons From The Lischuk Wrongful Dismissal Case: Q&A With Phil Prowse (Video)

Following the Lischuk v K-Jay Electric Ltd. wrongful dismissal case decision, Senior Partner, Philip Prowse sat down to reflect on the broader significance of the case.

Canada Employment

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Prowse Barrette

"Employer Of Record?" The Labour Court's Decision Regarding Territorial Jurisdiction

DRG Outsourcing (Pty) Ltd retrenched three employees in January 2023. The employees referred an unfair dismissal dispute, which found its way to the Labour Court.

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Finding The Line In The Sand For Collective Agreement Cause

Canada Litigation

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Continuité de l'emploi : un tribunal rappelle les protections conférées aux salariés lors d'un transfert d'entreprise

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Ontario Securities Act No-Reprisal Provisions Results In C$5.3 Million Award To CEO : A Warning To Regulated Employers

Canada Employment

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Bennett Jones LLP

Remote Work: Lessons Learned Over The Past 5 Years

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Le télétravail : revue des enseignements tirés depuis les 5 dernières années

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

To Sue Or Not To Sue: Is Commencing A Lawsuit While On Working Notice A Repudiation Of Employment?

Canada Employment

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Fasken

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Latest Videos

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Resolving Workplace Disputes (Video)

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Prowse Barrette

Common Mistakes In OH&S (Video)

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Termination Pay vs. Severance Pay In Ontario (Video)

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Navigating Employer Obligations During Economic Uncertainty (Video)

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Siskinds LLP

High Wage LMIA – What Is A HIGH WAGE LMIA? (Video)

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