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Expansion of National Workplace Law Practice

Mathews Dinsdale is proud to announce the continued expansion of its national labour and employment law practice with the addition of distinguished lawyers and their teams across Canada.

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Public Procurers Beware: Ontario to Enforce Equivalent Treatment of OHS Management Systems

The Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (“WWA7”) became law on November 27, 2025. It amended section 7.6.1 of the OHSA by adding the Equivalency Requirement – the details of which would be subject to the OHSA’s regulations.[1]  The WWA7 also empowered Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development inspectors to issue Administrative Monetary … Continued

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Filling in (Some of) the Gaps: Ontario OHSA Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulation

In November 2025 the Ontario government empowered Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) inspectors to issue Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) for violations of the OHSA and its regulations – a significant enforcement change. However, at that time, most of the relevant details were left to a pending regulation. In our previous Advisor, we identified numerous … Continued

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Alberta Increases Length of Long-Term Illness and Injury Leave

Changes Taking Place Currently, under the Alberta Employment Standards Code (the “Code”), an eligible employee can take up to 16 weeks of long-term illness and injury leave per calendar year. Starting on January 1, 2026, eligible employees will be able to take up to 27 weeks of leave per calendar year. This change aligns with … Continued

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The Best Lawyers™ in Canada 2026 recognizes 33 Mathews Dinsdale lawyers as leaders in labour, employment, business immigration, workers' compensation, construction, corporate litigation, and health & safety law.

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Mathews Dinsdale is pleased to announce that Kaelyn Burns joined our Vancouver office as an Associate. Welcome to our team!

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Mathews Dinsdale and our lawyers are consistently recognized as leaders in workplace law by national and international legal and business publications.

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