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Top 5 Employment Law Decisions Of 2025 And What To Expect In 2026 – Marty Rabinovitch And Leslie Haddock (Video)

DSF's employment lawyers Marty Rabinovitch and Leslie Haddock hosted an Employment Law webinar discussing 2025's top employment law decisions and looked forward to upcoming cases...

Canada Employment

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Hot Topics, Big Shifts: Five Key Employment Law Developments From Summer 2025

This summer brought major developments that are reshaping the employment law landscape across Canada. From the ever-evolving enforceability of Ontario...

Canada Employment

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Dentons Canada LLP

Streamlining Labour: Ontario's Legislative Shift On Labour Mobility

Recent reports prepared by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute have shown that internal trade barriers have had a devastating impact in Canada, the barriers translating to a virtually 7% tariff.

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

Employee Ownership Trusts: A Guide To Structuring And Settlement

Between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2026, business owners can access significant tax benefits when selling a qualifying business to an employee ownership trust ("EOT") pursuant to a transaction that constitutes a qualifying business transfer. Among other benefits, eligible vendors are entitled to receive a shared pool of up to $10 million in capital gains deductions (the "EOT Deduction").

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Linmac

Clause And Effect: ONCA Upholds Termination Clause As Unambiguous And Enforceable

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

A Deal Is A Deal: Ontario Court Enforces Settlement Agreement Despite Employee's Change Of Heart

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Ontario Superior Court Upholds Termination Clause Utilizing "At Any Time" Language – Limiting Employee To Statutory Minimum Notice

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

What Employers Need To Know: BC PNP's New Tools For Hiring And Retention

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Why Every Business Should Use Employment Contracts

Canada Employment

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Boughton Law Corporation

Employee vs. Self-Employed Worker—A Legal Distinction With Serious Implications

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Adoption du projet de loi 89 : Vers une considération accrue des besoins de la population lors de grève ou de lock-out

Canada Employment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Navigating AI In Recruitment: Legal Considerations And Best Practices For Employers

Canada Employment

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Boughton Law Corporation

Passage Of Bill 89: Giving Greater Consideration To The Public's Needs During Strikes And Lock-outs

Canada Employment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Understanding Termination And Severance In Canadian Employment Law: What Employers And Employees Need To Know

Canada Employment

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Procido LLP

No Salary, No Problem – The Use Of Dividends In Small Businesses To Reduce Tax Liability

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Is Your Song Ready For A TV Or Film Placement? — Pitfalls To Avoid (Video)

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Edwards Creative Law

Changes To Canada's Retaliatory Tariff Regime: Key Takeaways For Importers

Canada International

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Fasken

Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 25 – August 29)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

AI In The Financial Sector: The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Publishes Draft Guidelines

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Dentons Canada 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

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Green and Spiegel

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

Canada Employment

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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

Canada Employment

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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

Canada Employment

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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

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Contract of Employment

Does Your Job Require You To Buy Luxury Goods? And, Can You Deduct Those Luxury Goods On Your Taxes? The Case Of Samotus v The King

In Samotus v. The King, 2025 TCC 104, the Appellant was employed by Holt Renfrew as a Designated Sales Associate for a specific clothing brand. As part of her role, she was required to maintain a well-groomed and businesslike appearance.

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Top 5 Employment Law Decisions Of 2025 And What To Expect In 2026 – Marty Rabinovitch And Leslie Haddock (Video)

DSF's employment lawyers Marty Rabinovitch and Leslie Haddock hosted an Employment Law webinar discussing 2025's top employment law decisions and looked forward to upcoming cases...

Canada Employment

DS

Devry Smith Frank LLP

Streamlining Labour: Ontario's Legislative Shift On Labour Mobility

Recent reports prepared by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute have shown that internal trade barriers have had a devastating impact in Canada, the barriers translating to a virtually 7% tariff.

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

Ontario Superior Court Upholds Termination Clause Utilizing "At Any Time" Language – Limiting Employee To Statutory Minimum Notice

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

Why Every Business Should Use Employment Contracts

Canada Employment

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Boughton Law Corporation

Understanding Termination And Severance In Canadian Employment Law: What Employers And Employees Need To Know

Canada Employment

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Procido LLP

Somewhere In The Middle: The Nature Of Dependent Contractors

Canada Employment

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DMG Advocates

Return-to-Office Mandates: Considerations For Employers And Employees

Worldwide Employment

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Koskie Minsky

Newly Ratified NHL-NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement: Long-Term Injury Relief System Changes

Canada Media & IT

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Aird & Berlis LLP

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Hot Topics, Big Shifts: Five Key Employment Law Developments From Summer 2025

This summer brought major developments that are reshaping the employment law landscape across Canada. From the ever-evolving enforceability of Ontario...

Canada Employment

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Dentons Canada LLP

Employee vs. Self-Employed Worker—A Legal Distinction With Serious Implications

In Québec, section 123.6 of the Act respecting labour standards ("ALS") allows an employee to file a complaint for psychological harassment if they are an employee under the Act.

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Navigating AI In Recruitment: Legal Considerations And Best Practices For Employers

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly integrated into recruiting and hiring processes in Canada and globally, as it is in all business sectors

Canada Employment

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Boughton Law Corporation

Statut de salarié ou travailleur autonome : une distinction aux conséquences juridiques importantes

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Amendments To Alberta's Occupational Health And Safety Code: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

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Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

Reducing Remote Work? Don't Overlook Your Duty To Accommodate

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

Random Testing Goes Nuclear: SCC Dismisses Application For Leave To Appeal Decision Upholding Random Drug And Alcohol Testing As Constitutional

Canada Employment

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DMG Advocates

How Surveillance And Social Media Can Hurt Your LTD Claim – Insurer Tactics To Investigate Claimants And How To Protect Yourself

Canada Insurance

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McLeish Orlando LLP

Return-to-Office Mandates: Considerations For Employers And Employees

Worldwide Employment

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Koskie Minsky

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Plan For Success: Navigating Pension De-Risking (Podcast)

In this episode of the Blakes Sound Business podcast, Blakes Partners Bonny Murray and Jeff Sommers discuss essential strategies for de-risking registered pension plans.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 1 – September 5)

In Terry Longair Professional Corporation v. Akumin Inc., the Court upheld the certification of a class action against a public company and its officers for alleged misrepresentations...

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Drawing The Line At 65: Why Ontario's Age Cutoff For Long-Term Disability Benefits Survived A Charter Challenge

It's been more than 20 years since Ontario eliminated mandatory retirement in all aspects of employment. However, a grievance by the Ontario Nurses' Association ("ONA")

Canada Employment

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Alberta Court Awards Unprecedented Termination Notice Of 26 Months

Canada Employment

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McMillan LLP

Alberta Employer Ordered To Pay 26 Months' Termination Pay In Exceptional Wrongful Dismissal Case

Canada Employment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Concerning An Increase In Termination Notice Period: A New Alberta High-Watermark Has Been Set

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

Pensions And Employment Mid-Year Review 2025

Canada Employment

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Torys LLP

Retroactive Pension Plan Amendments: How FSRA Is Applying Its Guidance

Canada Employment

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Torys LLP

BC Court Awards 30-Year Employee Only Six Months' Notice Due To Intended Retirement

Canada Employment

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Cassels

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

A Deal Is A Deal: Ontario Court Enforces Settlement Agreement Despite Employee's Change Of Heart

In Johnstone v. Loblaw, 2025 ONSC 4755, the Ontario Superior Court heard an application for summary judgment by Loblaws Companies Limited (Loblaws) against their former employee...

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 8 – 12, 2025)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 8, 2025.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Understanding Termination And Severance In Canadian Employment Law: What Employers And Employees Need To Know

Ending an employment relationship is a significant legal event.

Canada Employment

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Procido LLP

The Mutually Agreeable Departure

Canada Employment

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

A First In Alberta: Employee Awarded 26 Months Of Reasonable Notice

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Cinq Victoires Récentes Pour Les Employeurs : Le Vent Tournerait-il En Leur Faveur?

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Employer Ordered To Pay 26 Months' Termination Pay In Exceptional Wrongful Dismissal Case

Canada Employment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Case Law Review: Five Must-read Workplace Investigation Cases

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Manitoba Court Upholds Early Termination Clause In Term Contract

Canada Employment

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MLT Aikins LLP

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Latest Videos

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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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INGWE

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

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Gluckstein Lawyers

Tout connaitre sur la Loi 42 (Video)

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Fasken (French)

Navigating Executive Compensation With Confidence (Video)

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Fasken

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