Historically, it was well established at common law that the sale of a business severed the employment relationship between the business that was being sold and the employee.

In its 2016 decision in Groupe Lelys c. Lang ("Lelys"), the Québec Court of Appeal seemed prepared to allow employers to temporarily suspend employees

On Friday, April 3rd, 2020, the Government of Canada released a comprehensive question and answer resource on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. Specifically, eligibility requirements and the application process was clarified.

Earlier this summer the Ontario government made a number of important changes to employment standards laws in response to COVID-19. These changes, which affected the rules around...

On Friday, legislation was passed to amend the Employment Standards Act to provide for an emergency leave to protect workers' jobs during states of emergency and public health threats.

A discussion on a recent case where an employee was terminated after it came to the Employer's attention that the Employee had falsified her health benefit claims and had failed to provide a truthful explanation regarding her conduct on three separate occasions.

The federal government recently fixed February 1, 2024 as the day on which the Canada Labour Code ("Code") will be amended to establish a graduated notice of individual termination of employment...

This toolkit covers group terminations, sometimes called mass or collective terminations or collective dismissals, by providing an overview of best practices and key considerations...

On May 4, 2020, the BC government announced a temporary amendment to the Employment Standards Act ("Act") which extends the maximum length of a temporary layoff to 16 weeks in any 20 week period.

On May 29, 2020, as Ontario was in the midst of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government introduced Ontario Regulation 228/20 (the "Regulation") under ...

Although the BC government extended the maximum period for a COVID-related temporary layoff from 16 to 24 weeks, ending on or before August 30, 2020...

A recent decision from the Court of Appeal for BC has exhibited some rarely seen leniency towards employers when drafting termination agreements.

In May of 2020, Ontario filed O. Reg. 228/20, which provided that a non-unionized employee who did not perform their job duties during the "COVID-19 period" because their work hours were temporarily reduced or eliminated for reasons related to COVID-19.

In recent weeks, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health issued various public health orders in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

In this bulletin, we discuss the modifications made by the PPP Flexibility Act to the terms and conditions of the PPP.

As we reported in April, the Government of Alberta previously announced an extension of the temporary layoff period in Alberta's Employment Standards Code (the "Code") from 60 days to 120 days.

The Government of Canada has a work sharing program that helps employers avoid lay-offs when there is a business slowdown beyond the control of the employer.

According to Statistics Canada, two in five employers in Canada have reduced hours or laid off one or more employees since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. One of the risks associated ...

On May 29, 2020, the Government of Ontario enacted O. Reg 228/20, which expanded the scope of the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA).

In response to the recent economic hardship caused by U.S. tariffs and related issues, Canada's federal government introduced the Special Measures for Work-Sharing Program in March 2025.