Manitoba and Ontario have both passed accessibility legislation geared toward changing attitudes and practices around accessibility for individuals with a disability.
British Columbia is three years into its program called Accessibility…
In sister judgments delivered a month apart in Papp v Stokes Economic Consulting Inc., 2017 ONSC 2357 and Kanak v Riggin, 2016 ONSC 2837, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice…
In Covenoho v. Pendylum Ltd., 2017 ONCA 284, the Ontario Court of Appeal made a short and significant statement: where a termination clause will breach the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”)…
Authors: John Agioritis, Christina Kerby and Carolyn Wilson
A recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision could have important consequences for the way legal privilege operates and when it can be claimed…
Recent amendments to the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) came into force on June 22, 2017, following Royal Assent of Bill C-4. These amendments modified a number of requirements with…
Following the annual review of Saskatchewan’s minimum wage, effective October 1, 2017, the minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase by $0.24/hour from $10.72/hour to $10.96/hour. All provincially-regulated employers with employees paid…
The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has confirmed the enforceability of drug and alcohol policies that:
encourage voluntary disclosure of an addiction prior to an incident; and
state that failure…
This post is further to our previous blog regarding an application by Saskatchewan health-care unions for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
On June 1, 2017 the Supreme…
Employers in many industries have shared a common experience. They lament that the immigration programs currently available can create excessive barriers to the growth of their companies.
Due to labour shortages…
On June 12, 2017, the Government of Canada launched the Global Skills Strategy. This launch was done in connection with the new Global Talent Stream. The focus of the Global…
