The introduction of U.S. tariffs will have a significant impact on many Canadian businesses and their workforces.

The Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 24, the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 ("Bill-24")

Gary Clarke et Kris Noonan, associés de notre groupe Emploi et travail, ont analysé dernièrement les conséquences de la réouverture des lieux de travail dans le cadre d'un webinaire à Calgary.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently changed the rules for the application of mitigation where there is a fixed contractual termination payment in an employment contract in Bowes v Goss Power Products Ltd.

An Ontario Court has ruled that even in cases where an employer has complied with the temporary layoff provisions of the ESA, the layoff does not protect the employer from a successful claim in constructive dismissal...

On July 24, 2020, the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 (Bill 195) came into force and officially brought an end to the declared State of Emergency in Ontario.

As businesses across the country were forced to shut their doors in the name of public health, many employers grappled and continue to grapple with implications of putting ...

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March placed an enormous burden on employers. The pandemic necessitated difficult decisions, such as placing employees ...

Many BC employers will have issued temporary layoffs to employees with the start of BC's COVID-19 lock down in March.

In an anti-climactic ruling released May 12, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal has returned to the courts below the question of whether an (alleged) infectious disease emergency leave ("IDEL")...

Further to our Extension of the Temporary Layoff Provision in British Columbia – The COVID-19 Temporary Layoff Period article in June...

Temporary layoffs have been a key tool to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as they allow employers who cannot currently maintain their full workforce...

On July 24, 2020, Ontario's new Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, became law. In accordance with Bill 195, Ontario's Emergency Declaration has ended...

With many, including former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, predicting that Canada will enter into a recession in early 2023 there are several important factors employers should keep in mind.

The Federal Government recently announced an extension to the Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB).

The Ontario Superior Court recently ruled that an employee who was "placed on temporary layoff" due to the COVID-19 pandemic and deemed on infectious disease emergency leave...

The Federal Government has announced that time periods under the deemed termination provision of the Canada Labour Standards Regulations (the "Regulations") have been temporarily extended, effective June 22, 2020.

Ontario has once again extended the relief for employers from the temporary layoff provisions under the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) in the hopes of protecting businesses...

The temporary layoff period in the Canada Labour Code applicable to federally regulated employers have recently been extended.

Earlier this summer, the Government of Alberta made good on a campaign promise to introduce a host of changes to Alberta's labour and employment laws.