On Wednesday, 9 June 2021, the Canadian Federal Government announced its plans to introduce a ‘phased' adjustment to the current border restrictions.

In response to the ongoing pandemic, on May 29, 2021, the Ontario government passed a new Regulation that again extends the timeline when temporary lay-offs are deemed permanent job losses.

On April 21, 2021, the Alberta Government introduced and passed Bill 71: Employment Standards (COVID-19 Vaccination Leave) Amendment Act, 2021.

Dans ce webinaire, les membres de notre groupe Emploi et travail discutent de la conciliation entre la flexibilité du télétravail et les droits de l'employeur, dans un contexte post-pandémie.

We blogged recently that there was ambiguity in the new amendments to Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA"), which require employers to provide employees with up to three paid sick days...

Members of our Labour & Employment group, Andrea Raso and Catherine Repel, presented a webinar earlier today on COVID Issues in the Workplace and provided attendees...

Law the Time of COVID-19 explores the law and policy of pandemic response in real time.

On April 6, 2021, Ontario passed Regulation 251/21 under the Corporations Act, further extending the temporary legislative provisions permitting Ontario not-for-profit Corporations to...

As employers know, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government passed a regulation that temporarily extended timelines when temporary lay-offs are deemed permanent job losses.

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on common law reasonable notice periods is still unclear.

On 1 January 2021, enhanced obligations came into effect to assist in the prevention of harassment and violence in federally regulated workplaces.

In this episode, we provide some updates and advice for employers with employees working from home on a long-term basis in Canada.

Recently the Superior Court of Justice confirmed that there is no "cap" on reasonable notice damages in the termination of a long-term employee.

On May 5 Taylor McCaffrey's Labour and Employment Law Department held 3 sessions at the CPHR Manitoba HR legislative review session where they discussed Employment Policies, Workplace Privacy and Vaccinations in the Workplace.

The development of COVID-19 vaccines suggests a possible return to normal life in the near future. In this webinar, Hélène Bussières, Stephanie Pasternyk, Pierre-Luc Benoit and Justine Chaput...

Effective April 1, the Canadian government announced that fully vaccinated travelers do not need a pre-entry COVID-19 test to enter Canada.

In June 2022, the government of Canada temporarily suspended random COVID testing for arriving passengers at Canadian airports.

Our legal team at Devry Smith Frank LLP has years of experience working on behalf of leading Canadian and multi-national insurance carriers providing representation and counsel to insurers...

"What we're seeing now is lawyers representing the injured party saying wait a second, I need a light at the end of the tunnel here…

Franchised businesses in Canada have undergone seismic shifts under the intense pressures of the COVID pandemic. This session examines the legal and business landscape, as Canadian franchising emerges "on the other side".