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Édition MT❯iplus : Obligations de l'employeur après la délivrance d'un permis de travail fermé

Lorsqu'un permis de travail fermé est délivré à un travailleur étranger temporaire, les obligations de l'employeur vont bien au-delà de l'embauche initiale.

Canada Employment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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

On November 17, 2025, the federal government passed its Canada Strong Budget 2025 (the "Budget").

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

Preparing For 2026: Notable And Forthcoming Employment Law Updates

Ontario and Canada's employment law landscape is set for a series of updates in the coming year. Ontario will see new job posting requirements under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA")...

Canada Employment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Is It Racist To Not Want To Talk About Race?

Aquestion that has come up in my work as an investigator, which prompted me to research the issue (and now blog about it), is: whether it is racist to not want to talk about race?

Canada Employment

RT

Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Termination Pay vs. Severance Pay In Ontario (Video)

Canada Employment

DS

Devry Smith Frank LLP

Approches concrètes pour les demandes de mesures d'adaptation en milieu de travail

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Provincial Employment Law Update: Key Changes Impacting Employers In Québec, Ontario, And British Columbia

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Whistleblower Wins Big: Lessons From Canada's First Civil Retaliation Claim Grounded In Securities Law

Canada Employment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Five Considerations For Navigating Pension Plan De-Risking

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Everything You Need To Know About Payroll Diversion

Canada Employment

PH

Piccolo Heath

Federal Budget 2025: New Restrictions On Non‑compete Clauses

Canada Employment

GW

Gowling WLG

Ontario's New AI Rules For Job Postings In 2026: What HR Needs To Do Now.

Canada Employment

SL

Spring Law

Retirement Planning For Incorporated Lawyers: Controlling What Comes Next

Canada Employment

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Lawyers Financial

Ontario's First Reprisal Ruling Under The Securities Act: A Compliance Wake-Up Call For Employers

Canada Employment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Torys On Budget 2025: Tax Highlights

TL

Torys LLP

Share Redemption And Share Retraction: Tax Treatment By CRA—plus They Are Useful Tax Planning Tools

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

SCC Gives Green Light For Cull Of Ostriches At BC Ostrich Farm

Canada Litigation

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Cassels

2025 Federal Budget Tax Highlights

CM

Crowe MacKay LLP

Cybersecurity And Privacy: Key Takeaways From Our Second Annual Conference

Canada Technology

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

RADIO INTERVIEW – CityNews (Video)

Canada Employment

Gs

Green and Spiegel

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

Canada Employment

SE

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

Canada Employment

SE

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

Canada Employment

SE

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

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Contract of Employment

Édition MT❯iplus : Obligations de l'employeur après la délivrance d'un permis de travail fermé

Lorsqu'un permis de travail fermé est délivré à un travailleur étranger temporaire, les obligations de l'employeur vont bien au-delà de l'embauche initiale.

Canada Employment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Preparing For 2026: Notable And Forthcoming Employment Law Updates

Ontario and Canada's employment law landscape is set for a series of updates in the coming year. Ontario will see new job posting requirements under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA")...

Canada Employment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Termination Pay vs. Severance Pay In Ontario (Video)

Find out how termination and severance pay work in Ontario under the Employment Standards Act. Employment law lawyer Leslie Haddock breaks down the difference between these two types of payments...

Canada Employment

DS

Devry Smith Frank LLP

Federal Budget 2025: New Restrictions On Non‑compete Clauses

Canada Employment

GW

Gowling WLG

Continuity Of Employment: Tribunal Reaffirms Employee Protections In Enterprise Transfers

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Bill 30, Employment Standards (Serious Illness Or Injury Leave) Amendment Act: BC Government Proposes 27-Week Serious Illness Or Injury Leave For Employees

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

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)

Beyond 24 Months: Alberta Court Expands "Reasonable Notice" — What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

SV

Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

Update For Federal Employers: Budget 2025 Proposes Restrictions On Non-Compete Agreements

Canada Employment

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McMillan LLP

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Is It Racist To Not Want To Talk About Race?

Aquestion that has come up in my work as an investigator, which prompted me to research the issue (and now blog about it), is: whether it is racist to not want to talk about race?

Canada Employment

RT

Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Why Hockey Canada Needs A Public Discipline Registry

Sunshine is the best disinfectant. There is really nothing like daylight to keep problematic behaviour from being left to fester in the dark.

Canada Media & IT

GP

Gluckstein Lawyers

Digital Accessibility In Canada A Practical Guide

In 2022, it was estimated that 8 million Canadians have one or more disabilities that limited them in their daily activities.

GW

Gowling WLG

Uncomfortable, Not Unlawful: Emotional Discomfort In The Accommodation Process

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Aperçu Stratégique Pour Les Employeurs Et Les Dirigeants Au Québec

Canada Employment

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McCague Borlack LLP

Bill 30, Employment Standards (Serious Illness Or Injury Leave) Amendment Act: BC Government Proposes 27-Week Serious Illness Or Injury Leave For Employees

Canada Employment

RG

Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Practical Approaches For Workplace Accommodation Requests

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Restrictions On Health Practitioner Notes For Employee Health, Illness, Or Injury Related Leave, Part 2: The Details Of Bill 11

Canada Employment

RG

Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

La Colombie-Britannique propose d'allonger le congé avec protection d'emploi pour maladie ou blessure grave

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

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

On November 17, 2025, the federal government passed its Canada Strong Budget 2025 (the "Budget").

Canada Employment

WH

Williams HR Law

Five Considerations For Navigating Pension Plan De-Risking

Pension plan administrators are increasingly exploring de-risking strategies to manage various risks associated with defined benefit pension plans.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Retirement Planning For Incorporated Lawyers: Controlling What Comes Next

As an incorporated lawyer, you work for yourself. That doesn't mean you have to work forever. An RRSP is one way to plan for retirement—but it's just a start.

Canada Employment

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Lawyers Financial

Beyond 24 Months: Alberta Court Expands "Reasonable Notice" — What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

SV

Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

Privilege Under Pressure: Managing Legal Risk In Internal Investigations

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Retirement Offers: When Are They Binding?

Canada Employment

RG

Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Contrasting Wrongful Dismissal Awards: Lessons For Employers

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

Old But Still Kicking: A Labour Court Decision On Mandatory Retirement Policies (Viljoen v Peninsula Plumbing And Engineering Works (Pty) Ltd)

Canada Employment

F

Fasken

CCGG's Updated Executive And Director Compensation Guidebook: Highlights For Board And Compensation Committee Members

Canada Employment

TL

Torys LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

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

Le 16 mai 2025, le Tribunal administratif du travail (le «Tribunal ») a rendu une décision importante portant sur les droits des salariés dans le contexte...

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

The recent decision in McPherson v Global Growth Assets Inc., 2025 ONSC 5226, (McPherson) is the first time the Ontario Superior Court of Justice...

Canada Employment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Remote Work: Lessons Learned Over The Past 5 Years

The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a defining moment for the working world, especially in terms of the rapid deployment of remote work across several sectors.

Canada Employment

F

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

Retirement Offers: When Are They Binding?

Canada Employment

RG

Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Repudiation Of Employment Contracts: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

SL

Spring Law

Contrasting Wrongful Dismissal Awards: Lessons For Employers

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

Court Of Appeal Summaries (October 20 – 24, 2025)

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

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Latest Videos

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Termination Pay vs. Severance Pay In Ontario (Video)

DS

Devry Smith Frank LLP

Navigating Employer Obligations During Economic Uncertainty (Video)

SL

Siskinds LLP

Employment, Labour And Equalities Law Webinar Series: 2024 In Review (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

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

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INGWE

Woman Suing Former SickKids Doctor For Sexual Assault Finds History Of Allegations (Video)

GP

Gluckstein Lawyers

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