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On May 16, 2025, the Tribunal administratif du travail (the "Tribunal") rendered a significant decision addressing the rights of employees in the context of a business sale...

In Rutledge v. Canaan Construction Inc., 2020 ONSC 4246, Ontario's Superior Court held, rather surprisingly, that a termination provision in an employment contract ...

COVID-19 and the resulting social distancing, self-isolation and quarantine directives have forced businesses to make hard decisions in the interest of immediate business continuity and, ultimately, long-term business survival.

On January 9, 2023, the BC Labour Relations Board released its decision in the matter of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (MacKenzie Wood Products Division) -and- Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, Loc. No. 18, 2023 BCLRB 5.

In earlier blog posts, which can be found here and here, we wrote about the implications of Regulation 228/20 (the "Regulation"), enacted pursuant to the Employment Standards Act, 2000(the "ESA").

In Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd., 2023 ONCA 255, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) found that unless an employee's employment contract provides otherwise via an express or implied term...

We are still feeling the effects of COVID-19. On top of that, inflation is rising and interest rates are up. Faced with these challenges, some employers have started to announce downsizings.

As employment lawyers, we all have times when we wish our employer-side clients had come to us for advice before making certain decisions.

L'inflation est en hausse. Les taux d'intérêt augmentent. De plus, pour la première fois depuis longtemps, les conflits de travail font les manchettes. Une grève a été déclenchée au CN le 18 juillet 2022.

With the provincial governments in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec beginning to implement their plans to re-open the economy, employers need to be prudent ...

Under The Saskatchewan Employment Act an employer has a general duty to "ensure, insofar as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all of the employer's workers".

On April 8, 2020, the Government of Canada provided many key details relating to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) in advance of its consideration by Parliament. The information below is taken from...

Two much-anticipated decisions confirming that unionized employees who are permanently dismissed for economic reasons are not entitled to receive reasonable notice prior to termination have been rendered.

Au Québec, le licenciement collectif est la terminaison d'emploi d'au moins dix (10) salariés d'un même établissement au cours d'une période de deux (2) mois consécutifs.

Dans le but de donner aux employeurs sous réglementation fédérale plus de temps pour rappeler les employés mis à pied en raison de la COVID-19.

Mergers and acquisitions were particularly active in Canada until the government response to COVID-19 disrupted transactional practices and led to a slowdown.

In Canada, Employment Insurance ("EI") provides temporary income support to unemployed individuals as they search for new employment.