Employment Law and Labour Law

A recent Quebec arbitration decision provides important guidance on an issue that occasionally arises in the workplace: when an employer discovers that an employee received a benefit to which they were not entitled, is the employer barred from taking action by the six-month prescription period set out in the Quebec Labour Code? The answer is not always what one might expect.

The EEOC has officially adopted its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030, establishing an institutional framework that will guide the agency's enforcement, outreach, and internal operations through the end of the decade. This comprehensive plan sets forth three strategic goals with seventeen performance measures, revealing how the agency intends to allocate resources, measure success, and hold itself accountable while maintaining a 90% litigation win rate and expanding its systemic enforcement program.

A Colorado federal court denied conditional certification of a nationwide FLSA collective action brought by nurses and medical staff alleging unpaid meal and rest break violations.