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On April 22nd, Muneeza Sheikh was interviewed on CTV News discussing her take on the recent "Rubin Report" released by the CBC investigating former radio host Jian Ghomeshi''s interactions...

On May 14th, Muneeza Sheikh was interviewed on CTV News discussing the Hydro One employee who was fired after his on-air incident following a Toronto FC game.

When Marissa Hughes's adopted newborn Judah was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in December, she requested to work remotely.

On June 3, 2021, Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) (the "Act"), received royal assent.

On March 9, 2023, British Columbia's Bill 2, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act, received Royal Assent. As a result, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...

On September 13, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans for a national day of mourning for federal government employees on Monday, September 19, 2022, the date of the Queen's funeral.

The nature and extent of the exemptions are dependent on the industry and the employee's position.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission released a new policy titled the Policy on preventing discrimination based on mental health disabilities and addictions.

Yesterday, the Ontario Provincial Government passed Bill 186, the Employment Standards Amendment Act, which amended the Employment Standards Act to provide for a special job-protected leave of absence as a result of the pandemic.

By way of update to our recent blog post about employment standards plans for gig workers in British Columbia, yesterday, the BC government passed Bill 48, the Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2023.

As 2018 draws to a close, employers in Ontario will be turning their attention to the final wave of changes set to take place as a result of the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148).

In late December 2013, the Ontario Ministry of Labour introduced a new Safety Training Standard for workers who work at heights.

Ontario's Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act was passed and received Royal Assent on March 8, 2016.

On April 23, 2021, Ontario filed Regulations 313/21, 314/21 and 315/21 under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020.

On February 24, 2022, Ontario announced that later this month, in an effort to protect the privacy of employees, it will be the first province to introduce legislation requiring employers to tell their workers...

On November 20, 2014, Bill 18 (the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014) received Royal Assent.

Under the "Ontario Labour Relations Act", workers have a right to seek decertification or representation by a different union during the last three months of operation of a collective agreement (the open period).