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On May 26th, Howard Levitt was interviewed on CP24 discussing the recent ruling by the Ontario Labour Relations Board in regards to the recent teacher strikes.

In many workplace settings, one employee or union will have strong personal or financial reasons to claim similar compensation or terms of employment to what their co-workers enjoy.

Lawson Lundell lawyers Michelle Jones and Miny Atwal published an article in Lexpert Magazine titled "A Guide to BC Employers' 2024 Return-to-Work Duties."

Late last week the Ontario Ministry of Labour posted the outcome of its recent blitz focused on temporary foreign workers and young workers.

We are excited to announce the launch of our Employment Compliance Stress Test, a tool that can help you quickly identify significant areas of vulnerability within your organization's employment

On June 3, 2021, Bill C-5 entitled 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"),

When New Brunswickers head to the polls to cast their vote for their political candidate of choice, the N.B. Elections Act gives employees certain rights...

The review will explore indexing the minimum wage rate to inflation. NB's minimum wage increased to $10.65/hour on April 1, 2016.

How do you deal with an employee who is a substance abuser?

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) received Royal Assent.

The Employment Standards Amendments Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014 received royal assent after receiving all party support in the Ontario legislature.

On April 1, 2015, mandatory working at heights training came into effect under the Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Training Regulation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act...

On March 1st, 2011, the "Règlement concernant la déclaration annuelle en matière d’équité salariale" came into force. Under this regulation, employers are now required to produce an annual report to determine whether they are subject to the Pay Equity Act, and whether they have achieved their pay equity exercise or their pay equity audit.

Since Unifor was created from the merger of Canadian Auto Workers and Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union last year, another merger of unions in Canada has seemed likely.

On January 30, 2020, the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education announced its largest increase to Nova Scotia's minimum wage in a decade.

According to the Toronto Star, the Ontario government has offered faculty members at the province's colleges a 7.5% wage hike. However, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union ("OPSEU")...

On June 7, 2018 Ontarians elected the Progressive Conservative ("PC") party as the new majority government in Ontario. Doug Ford will lead the province as the new premier.