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As provinces proceed to shut down non-essential services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, First Nation employers in Canada are facing difficult decisions regarding their workforce, including the difficult decision...

Employers relying on an administrative reorganization must demonstrate a clear and concrete link between the organizational change and the elimination of the position.

The Alberta Government's new Bill 32: Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplace Act proposes significant changes to both employment standards and labour relation laws in the province.

In Aldergrove Duty Free Shop Ltd. v. MacCallum, 2024 BCCA 28, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (BCCA) dismissed an employer's appeal when it agreed...

The federal government announced that effective February 1, 2024, employees of federal Crown corporations (but not public service employees)...

For what is not the first time and will not be the last time in Ontario employment law, two different judges of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice have issued conflicting decisions...

For many employers, 2020 was a difficult year. On top of the challenges that COVID-19 presented, employers have had to grapple with several unfavourable employment law decisions.

Employers may be relieved that in Taylor v. Hanley Hospitality Inc., 2021 ONSC 3135 [not yet on CanLII], a second judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reached an opposite conclusion...

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote on the decision in Taylor v Hanley Hospitality Inc. ("Taylor"), in which a judge in the Superior Court found that Ontario's Infectious Disease Emergency Leave...

President Donald J. Trump has announced his intention to place significant tariffs on Canada. In response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada intends to place additional tariffs on certain American goods.

In recent days, much of the conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted to the subject of re-opening various sectors of the economy and the eventual return to a "new normal".

Mr. Pham worked at Qualified Metal Fabricators for almost 20 years, from 2000 to 2020. In March 2020, Mr. Pham was laid off, along with 31 other employees, due to COVID-19 related budgetary considerations.

On July 29, 2020, Bill 32: Restoring Balance in Alberta's Workplaces Act, 2020 (Bill) received royal assent in Alberta. This Bill amends the Alberta Employment Standards Code...

Ontario continues to reshape its employment landscape, this time with Bill 30, the Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025. Introduced on May 28, 2025, by the Ontario Government, Bill 30 is the latest in a series of Working for Workers Acts, and proposes further amendments to various workplace and employment-related statutes.

Less than three weeks ago, the Employers' Edge blog wrote about the recent decision in Taylor v. Hanley Hospitality Inc., where the Ontario Superior Court (the "Court") held that temporary layoffs or...

On May 29, 2020, Ontario introduced Regulation 228/20 – Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Regulation ("Regulation") under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA"), in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ontario manufacturers face mounting workforce challenges as skilled labour shortages intensify operational pressures. How employment relationships are structured determines whether these challenges become manageable business decisions or costly legal exposures that threaten production continuity and enterprise value.

In this blog post, we provide answers to the following four questions posed by Ontario employers: