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"How Can We Help?" Considering Accommodation For Persons With Disabilities In Workplace Investigations

In my previous blog post, You Ought to Know? Rethinking the ‘Reasonable Person' Standard When Disability Is a Factor, I shared my experiences applying the reasonable person standard...

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Adapter la gestion de l'emploi en contexte d'imprévisibilité économique

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

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

ACJ Finds It Has Some Limited Jurisdiction Over Discrimination Allegations

In Yee v Westjet, 2025 ABCJ 87 (Argento, J), an employer was found not to have just cause to dismiss an employee who did not comply with a mandatory vaccination policy.

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

Another Termination Provision Bites The Dust: Baker v. Van Dolder's Home Team Inc.

Ontario's Superior Court has struck down yet another set of termination provisions, this time in Baker v. Van Dolder's Home Team Inc. The decision continues a line of employee-friendly authority...

Canada Employment

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Un Risque « En Tout Temps » : Une Autre Clause De Licenciement Annulée Par Un Tribunal Ontarien

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Canada Implements Temporary Employment Insurance Measures Responsive To Economic Impacts Of Trade War

Canada Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Arbitrator Rejects "Lowest-Cost Generic" Policy For Generic Substitutes In Collective Bargaining Agreement

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Workplace Health And Safety Negligence: Ontario Supervisor Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

Canada Employment

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BCF Business Law

No Duty Of Honest Performance In Pre-Contract Negotiations

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Titerle + Company

Be Careful What You Text – It Might Be A Binding Contract

Canada Employment

RG

Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Recruiting Considerations: The "Inducement" Factor

Canada Employment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

De Castro v. Arista Homes Limited – Another Warning To Employers

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

Hedging Your Bets In Litigation Is Not Permissible

Canada Employment

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Fasken

A Risk "At Any Time": Ontario Court Voids Another Termination Clause

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Mental Health In The Workplace: Obligations And Best Practices

Canada Employment

BB

BCF Business Law

Canada Revenue Agency Tightens Oversight On Cryptocurrency Transactions: What You Need To Know Now

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Departing Employees Ordered To Return And Destroy Confidential Information (Mondee, Inc. v. Voyzant Inc.)

Canada Employment

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Canadian Tax Facts 2025

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Avantage Concurrentiel Par Blakes : Mise À Jour D'avril 2025

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon 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

Another Termination Provision Bites The Dust: Baker v. Van Dolder's Home Team Inc.

Ontario's Superior Court has struck down yet another set of termination provisions, this time in Baker v. Van Dolder's Home Team Inc. The decision continues a line of employee-friendly authority...

Canada Employment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Un Risque « En Tout Temps » : Une Autre Clause De Licenciement Annulée Par Un Tribunal Ontarien

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

Canada Employment

FF

Fasken (French)

No Duty Of Honest Performance In Pre-Contract Negotiations

The British Columbia Court of Appeal ("BCCA") recently clarified the nature of the duty of honest performance in pre-contract negotiations.

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Titerle + Company

Be Careful What You Text – It Might Be A Binding Contract

Canada Employment

RG

Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Recruiting Considerations: The "Inducement" Factor

Canada Employment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

De Castro v. Arista Homes Limited – Another Warning To Employers

Canada Employment

C

CCPartners

Considering Downsizing? Here Is What Manitoba Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Navigating Employer Obligations During Economic Uncertainty (Video)

Canada Employment

SL

Siskinds LLP

BC Supreme Court Comments On After-Acquired Cause

Canada Employment

BC

Boughton Law Corporation

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

"How Can We Help?" Considering Accommodation For Persons With Disabilities In Workplace Investigations

In my previous blog post, You Ought to Know? Rethinking the ‘Reasonable Person' Standard When Disability Is a Factor, I shared my experiences applying the reasonable person standard...

Canada Employment

RT

Rubin Thomlinson LLP

When "Yes" Doesn't Mean Yes: How Civil Courts Look At Consent In Sexual Assault Cases Differently Than Criminal Courts

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

Canada Criminal

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Lerners LLP

Guidelines For Collecting Personal Information During The Recruitment Process In Quebec

During the recruitment process, the collection of candidates' personal information by employers plays an important role in assessing a potential employee's profile and skills.

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

PEI: Required Workplace Policies & Legislative Amendments

Canada Employment

CP

Cox & Palmer

When Myths And Stereotypes Mean Inadmissibility: Lawmakers Take Action!

Canada Litigation

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Langlois Lawyers, LLP

New Amendments To Rules 7.08 And 49 – What Ontario Litigants And Lawyers Need To Know

Canada Litigation

MO

McLeish Orlando LLP

AHRC Awards Mid-Hearing Adjournments And Costs Rarely, But Not Never

Canada Employment

BR

Bow River Law

Manitoba Government's Proposed Amendments To The Human Rights Code

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Supporting Survivors In London, Ontario

Canada Employment

SL

Siskinds LLP

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-09 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

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

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

British Columbia Financial Services Authority Releases Pension-specific Information Security Guideline

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...

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Dentons

How Are Foreign Pension Plans, Income From Foreign Pension Plans Treated By CRA In Canada? A Canadian Tax Lawyer Gives Inside Scoop

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.

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Contributing Factors: 5 Reasons A Pension Plan Is Money Well Spent

Canada Employment

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Lawyers Financial

What To Consider When Thinking About Retirement

Canada Employment

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Nelligan Law

'Made In Canada': Workforce Considerations In Times Of Tariffs

Canada Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Significant Special Measures For The Employment Insurance Work-Sharing Program Introduced For Businesses, Non-Profits Impacted By U.S. Tariffs

Canada Employment

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Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

Do Women Approach Financial Planning Differently?

Canada Employment

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Lawyers Financial

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Canada Employment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Adapter la gestion de l'emploi en contexte d'imprévisibilité économique

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

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Un Risque « En Tout Temps » : Une Autre Clause De Licenciement Annulée Par Un Tribunal Ontarien

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

Canada Employment

FF

Fasken (French)

Hedging Your Bets In Litigation Is Not Permissible

The Labour Appeal Court, in Ithala SOC Ltd v Ntombela and others, found that the employer was not permitted, having reinstated the employees following a finding that their dismissals...

Canada Employment

F

Fasken

A Risk "At Any Time": Ontario Court Voids Another Termination Clause

Canada Employment

F

Fasken

BC Supreme Court Comments On After-Acquired Cause

Canada Employment

BC

Boughton Law Corporation

Don't Forget The Stocks! Wrongful Dismissal Settlements And Employee Entitlements

Canada Employment

TM

Turnpenny Milne

Termination Provisions And The Perils Of Imprecise Drafting: Key Lessons From De Castro v Arista Homes Limited

Canada Employment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Procedural Fairness In Volunteer Dismissals: Lessons From Hannan v. Scouts Canada

Canada Employment

C

CCPartners

Canada Work-Sharing Program And Temporary Layoffs Under The BC Employment Standards Act

Canada Employment

RG

Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

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Navigating Employer Obligations During Economic Uncertainty (Video)

SL

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)

GP

Gluckstein Lawyers

Tout connaitre sur la Loi 42 (Video)

FF

Fasken (French)

Navigating Executive Compensation With Confidence (Video)

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Fasken

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