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Beyond The Prompt – Decoding AI Compliance At Work

Over the past couple of years there has been an explosion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) use in the workplace. AI can be used in a multitude of different ways in the workplace...

Canada Employment

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MLT Aikins LLP

The Global Guide Quarterly (Quarter 4, 2025)

The Global Guide Quarterly (GGQ) is a newsletter published by Littler on a quarterly basis to provide high-level and concise coverage of global labor and employment (L&E) law developments in key countries...

Worldwide Employment

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Littler - Canada

Asset Transactions: Employment Law Toolkit And Practical Strategies

Asset transactions are critical milestones for businesses, often involving intricate employment considerations that can significantly influence costs, compliance and employee morale.

Canada Employment

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

EI Sickness Benefits And Long-Term Disability In 2026: How To Avoid Gaps, Offsets, And Denials When You Can't Work

When you stop working for medical reasons, the first question is often practical, not legal: how do I keep income coming in while I recover?

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

WeirFoulds Employment Law Hot Takes: Return To Office, Return To Risk – Lessons From Global Affairs Canada

Canada Employment

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WeirFoulds LLP

When Job Titles Change, But Employment Contracts Don't: Lessons From LaPlume

Canada Employment

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MLT Aikins LLP

Retaliation Or Cause? OLRB Decision Upheld After Employee Fired For Online Defamation

Canada Employment

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Cash Today Or Equity Tomorrow? The Real Tax Cost Of Bonuses vs. Stock Options

Canada Employment

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

From Legislation To Litigation: A Review Of Labour And Employment Law In 2025

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

Webinar: When Harassment Comes From Outside: A Guide To Third-Party Risk Management

Worldwide Employment

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BCF Business Law

Christopher McClelland Speaks With Canadian HR Reporter On Compliance Considerations For Extended Job-Protected Sick Leaves

Canada Employment

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Budget fédéral de 2025 : modifications et propositions clés en matière d'emploi

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Federal Budget 2025: Key Employment-Related Changes And Proposals

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Ontario Employment And Pensions Law 2025 Wrap-Up And What To Expect In 2026

Canada Employment

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Mintz

Dispute Resolution Clauses Matter More Than You Think: Avoiding Costly Mistakes In Commercial Contracts

Canada Commercial

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Miller Thomson LLP

Bill 30: What B.C. Employers Need To Know About The New Serious Illness Or Injury Leave

Canada Employment

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

Expropriation Law: Important Notice For Homeowners

Canada Real Estate

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McQuarrie

Sneaky Trusts: The Legal Plot Twist With Gratuitous Property Transfers

Canada Real Estate

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

New Saskatchewan Employment Standards Regulations Set To Come Into Force January 1, 2026

Canada Employment

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MLT Aikins 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

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

When Job Titles Change, But Employment Contracts Don't: Lessons From LaPlume

In LaPlume v. AAA Internet Publishing Inc., 2025 BCSC 2139, the British Columbia Supreme Court confirmed that an employment contract can remain enforceable...

Canada Employment

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MLT Aikins LLP

Budget fédéral de 2025 : modifications et propositions clés en matière d'emploi

Le 4 novembre 2025, le ministre des Finances du Canada, François-Philippe Champagne, a présenté le budget fédéral de 2025...

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Federal Budget 2025: Key Employment-Related Changes And Proposals

For federally regulated employers, the most relevant changes relate to restricting non-competition clauses, imposing higher penalties for wage theft, and correcting employee misclassification.

Canada Employment

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Fasken

The Francization Of Enterprises In Quebec: New Requirements For Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers And For LMIA Applications

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Un plan pour réussir à réduire les risques liés aux régimes de retraite (Podcast)

Canada Employment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Could Your Termination Provisions Be Rendered Unenforceable In 2026? The Ontario Court Of Appeal Is Set To Decide This Important Issue

Canada Employment

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Soloway Wright

Fixed-Term Or Not: Mitigation Is Required

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

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

Canada Commercial

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Termination Clauses

Canada Employment

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

EI Sickness Benefits And Long-Term Disability In 2026: How To Avoid Gaps, Offsets, And Denials When You Can't Work

When you stop working for medical reasons, the first question is often practical, not legal: how do I keep income coming in while I recover?

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

WeirFoulds Employment Law Hot Takes: Return To Office, Return To Risk – Lessons From Global Affairs Canada

Remote work was supposed to be the pandemic's one dependable souvenir. Instead, for Global Affairs Canada, it has turned into a live demonstration of how yesterday's flexibility can become today's operational migraine.

Canada Employment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Campus Conduct And The Courts: University Discipline And Charter Challenges In BC

The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently dismissed a petition for judicial review brought by a student against Vancouver Island University...

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Employment & Labour – Top Ten Decisions Of 2025

Canada Employment

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Cox & Palmer

New Amendments To The Accessible Canada Regulations

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

When Is Enough, Enough? HRTO's Guidance On Accommodation In Cillis v. Hamilton - Wentworth District School Board.

Canada Employment

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Piccolo Heath

Refus d'embauche pour antécédents judiciaires : à qui la faute ?

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Refusal To Hire Due To A Criminal Record: Who Bears The Liability?

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Bill 30: What B.C. Employers Need To Know About The New Serious Illness Or Injury Leave

Canada Employment

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Federal Budget 2025: Key Employment-Related Changes And Proposals

For federally regulated employers, the most relevant changes relate to restricting non-competition clauses, imposing higher penalties for wage theft, and correcting employee misclassification.

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Ontario Employment And Pensions Law 2025 Wrap-Up And What To Expect In 2026

As we enter the opening days of 2026, here are some recent changes to employment and pensions law, as well as some upcoming developments, about which provincially-regulated and federally-regulated employers in Ontario should be aware.

Canada Employment

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Mintz

Martin v The King 2024 TCC 153: Canadian Tax Treatment Of Retirement Compensation Arrangements (RCAs) For Non-Resident Professional Athletes – Cross-Border Tax Planning Insights Under Canada-US Tax Treaty

The Tax Court of Canada decision in Martin v The King, 2024 TCC 153, delivers important guidance on the Canadian tax treatment of Retirement Compensation Arrangements (RCAs) for non-resident professional athletes and other high-income earners with cross-border income.

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Un plan pour réussir à réduire les risques liés aux régimes de retraite (Podcast)

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2025 Year-End Tax Planning Guide

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Crowe MacKay LLP

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

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

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

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Are Your Benefits Plans Age Appropriate?

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

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

Canada Employment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

WeirFoulds Employment Law Hot Takes: Return To Office, Return To Risk – Lessons From Global Affairs Canada

Remote work was supposed to be the pandemic's one dependable souvenir. Instead, for Global Affairs Canada, it has turned into a live demonstration of how yesterday's flexibility can become today's operational migraine.

Canada Employment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Dishonesty At The Top: Alberta Court Confirms After-Acquired Cause Can Justify Termination For Cause

The Alberta Court of King's Bench has released a detailed and instructive decision on after-acquired cause, employee dishonesty and proportionality...

Canada Employment

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Bennett Jones 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

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

Canada Employment

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Prowse Barrette

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

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

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Resolving Workplace Disputes (Video)

PB

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

The Impact Of The Trump Tariffs On The Workforce (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

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