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In June 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators sought comments from market participants on Consultation Paper 25-401 Potential Regulation of Proxy Advisory Firms.

On January 26, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 54-305 Meeting Vote Reconciliation Protocols which sets out voting protocols (the Protocols) aimed at improving the processes involved in the tabulation of proxy voting in Canada.

A new notice requirement is being implemented.

2014 saw a number of significant developments in Canadian securities law, including the adoption of the new disclosure requirements addressing gender diversity on boards and senior management positions, adoption of new capital-raising prospectus exemption, proposed amendments to the take-over bid regime, and proposed amendments to the early warning regime.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal in Steinebach v. Clean Energy Compression Corp. provided an excellent refresher on the principles surrounding an employee's duty to mitigate damages after termination.

Provincial and federal health and safety legislation is designed, among other things, to protect workers by promoting safety in the workplace to prevent injuries and occupational diseases.

The representative plaintiff claims that the advisors worked upwards of 60 to 80 hours per week, and the employer allegedly failed to live up to its contractual and statutory obligations and failed to pay overtime Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000.

Confidentiality is a cornerstone of settlements: no more so than in the workplace. Unless it has a weak case, an employer is generally not motivated to settle without a confidentiality undertaking and an express agreement that the settlement is not an admission of liability..

In Mechalchuk v. Galaxy Motors (1990) Ltd.,[1] the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed that a senior employee's decision to submit personal meals as business expenses constituted cause for dismissal.

Most employers are generally aware that they have a duty to accommodate ill or injured employees to the point of undue hardship.

On January 1, 2017, amendments to the personal emergency leave provisions of the ESA came into force for the auto industry...

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has affirmed an Ontario Superior Court trial decision which upheld an employee bonus limitation provision despite describing the limitation as "somewhat draconian.

Terminating the employment of an employee prior to the expiry of a fixed-term employment agreement is often a ticklish issue for an employer.

First, the esteemed gentleman's bible, Playboy, has gone public with its decision to no longer publish photos of nude women.

Recently, Canada's finance minister and all of the provincial finance ministers, except for Quebec and Manitoba, announced their agreement in principle to enhance the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

We are told that cleanliness is next to godliness.

Many employers and their staff look forward to their company's labour day picnic, but do you know that unless sufficient safeguards are in place.

Canada's Senate broke ranks with the federal government on June 26, 2013 by blocking a bill which would have mandated public financial disclosure by unions.