We have two important updates on changes to the Canada
Labour Code that will impact federally-regulated employers,
including some First Nations and companies engaged in
telecommunications, aviation, navigation and shipping,
interprovincial transport, pipelining, and banking (among
others).
Newly Proposed Administrative Monetary Penalties
Regulations
As we
previously reported, the federal government passed legislation
in 2017 and 2018 that significantly changed the Code. One
of the amendments not yet in force is the creation of Part IV,
which introduces Administrative Monetary Penalties
("AMPs"). AMPs are intended to address widespread
non-compliance with Parts II and III of the Code by giving
the government additional enforcement tools. On August 24, 2019,
the federal government announced new draft
Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations, which
provide more details on how AMPs would be issued.
