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As part of the Government of Canada's (Government) COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, the Department of Finance Canada announced on July 2, 2020, the release of proposed draft regulations...

Canadian employers are entering 2026 amid sustained legislative reform and shifting judicial signals. Across multiple provinces, governments have expanded statutory leave protections...

On May 20, 2021, the Department of Finance Canada announced a one-year extension of draft regulations, initially released on July 2, 2020 (2020 Draft Regulations)...

In its 2016 budget (Budget), the federal government announced a number of pensions matters, which are discussed below.

Pension plan administrators are increasingly exploring de-risking strategies to manage various risks associated with defined benefit pension plans.

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has announced a "one-time opportunity" to avoid incurring summary ...

The newly elected federal Liberal government is committed to exploring enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

On March 31, 2009, the general minimum wage in Ontario becomes C$9.50 per hour.

On May 19, 2017, the Ontario government announced that it is implementing a new funding framework for defined benefit pension plans, which includes:

On August 11, 2015, the Ontario government released further details about the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) that will be relevant to employers with employees in Ontario.

On November 6, 2023, the Ontario government announced that it expects to table pay transparency legislation on November 14, 2023, as part of amendments to the Working for Workers Act.

On October 19, 2010, the Ontario government introduced the second stage of pension reform – Bill 120, The Securing Pension Benefits Now and for the Future Act, 2010. These pension reforms will build on the first phase of reforms which received Royal Assent on May 18, 2010, and were discussed in our June 2010 and December 2009 bulletins.

On July 31, 2017, OSFI published for comment a new draft guideline, titled: Derivatives Sound Practices for Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans (Draft Guideline).

The British Columbia government has introduced for First Reading a new Pension Benefits Standards Act (the PBSA), marking a long-anticipated major step towards comprehensive pension reform in the province and in neighbouring Alberta.

On December 19, 2019, the federal government announced that proposed changes to the tax treatment of employee stock options will not come into force on January 1, 2020.

On March 31, 2011, the "Règlement concernant la déclaration de l’employeur en matière d’équité salariale" came into force.

On June 23, 2023, significant changes to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) came into effect.

Bill 66, Restoring Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2018, has received royal assent and is now law.