We are pleased to present you with the L&E Global Employment Law Tracker for July 2020, our monthly bulletin specifically designed to help employers stay up-to-date on the latest global workplace trends.

As Canada's vaccine supply steadily increases, and more people gain access to inoculations, it has spurred renewed hope that an end to the pandemic is in sight.

The Pay Transparency Act, 2018 will not be in force until and unless proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.

An Ontario court recently awarded significant damages – including $15,000 in moral damages – to an employee who had been wrongfully dismissed. In fashioning this damages award...

Federally-regulated employers with 10 or more employees must post pay equity notices in their workplaces by 1 November 2021.

In the wake of this amendment, many municipal health officials have issued directives and recommendations on the topic of workplace vaccination policies.

The Ministry of Labour announced a safety inspection blitz that will run from July 15 to August 30, 2019. During this period, targeted inspections will be undertaken in workplaces

Toronto Public Health and Peel Public Health announced today that they will issue orders under Section 22

On March 31, 2023, Ontario announced its plan to increase the province's statutory minimum wage rates. The new rates come into effect on October 1, 2023.

In a recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, a plaintiff seeking damages for wrongful dismissal was instead found to have repudiated her employment contract.

In 2025, Looking Ahead, we explore the trends and developments in labour and employment law that we expect will impact employers operating in Canada in the year to come.

Amidst difficult economic circumstances, minimum wage rates in Ontario are still set to increase on October 1, 2020. Under the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, this scheduled increase is tied...

The Ontario government has appointed Dave Cassidy, former president of Unifor Local 444, as a Skilled Trades Special Advisor (the "Advisor").

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti are pleased to present you with the most recent employment law updates for January 2019.

In Teck Coal Limited (Line Creek Operations) v International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115, 2018 CanLII 69605 (BC LA), a labour arbitration proceeding held in the province of British Columbia, ...

In Rutledge v Canaan Construction Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice determined that even if an employee is exempt from certain minimum standards under the Employment Standards Act, 2000...

The temporary policy allowing international students to work more than 20 hours per week off campus has expired effective 30 April 2024.

Following our earlier updates on January 29, 2020 and March 9, 2020, on March 12, 2020, the Ontario Government announced that all publicly funded schools in Ontario will be ...

The temporary policy allowing international students to work more than 20 hours per week off campus has expired effective April 30, 2024.

On November 27, 2024, the Ontario government introduced Bill 229, the sixth statute in its Working for Workers legislative series, the Working for Workers Six Act...