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In this issue: 1) Employer Sets the Standard for Response to Discriminatory Conduct 2) Is This Legislation Fare? Court of Appeal Affirms that the TTC Act is Unconstitutional 3) Employers Strike Out at the Picket Line: Federal and BC Governments Amend Labour Codes in favour of Unions and Employees 4) Divisional Court Clarifies Employer Duty to Investigate and Address Sexual Harassment
Read moreIn this issue: 1) Well, Gosh: Weilgosh Confirms the HRTO’s and Labour Arbitrators’ Shared Jurisdiction over Human Rights Claims 2) Employers Beware, Your Termination Clause Could be Struck at “Any Time”, in the Court’s “Sole Discretion” 3) Working for Workers, One, Two, Three, Now Four – Employers Can Probably Expect More
Read moreOn December 1, 2023, the Alberta Labour Relations Board overturned the decision of an Employment Standards Officer to grant an employee termination pay for being “constructively dismissed” after being placed on leave due to non-compliance with the employer’s vaccination policy.
Read moreIn this issue: 1) Employers Take Note: Increasingly Large Common Law Notice Periods, 2) New Pay Transparency Legislation in BC and Ontario, 3) Canada Labour Code Amendments Change the Game in Labour Actions
Read moreFor the second time this year, the Ontario Government has introduced proposed legislative amendments to several workplace laws under the so-called “Working for Workers Act”. This year’s second iteration – Working for Workers Four Act, 2023 (“Bill 149”, available here) was introduced on November 14, 2023. These proposed changes were announced as part of a larger package that expands on the employee protections provided by the Working for Workers Acts, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Read moreOn October 1, 2023, the general minimum wage in more than half the provinces across the country is set to increase, including Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador. These increases come on the tail of similar increases which occurred recently in British Columbia and Quebec.
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