On April 11, 2022, Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 received Royal Assent and became law. As previously discussed, in addition to enacting the new Digital Platform Workers' Rights Act...

In EllisDon Construction Ltd. v. Labourers' International Union of North America, Local 183, 2021 CanLII 50159, an Arbitrator in Ontario decided that when the intrusiveness of an employer's compulsory...

On November 24, 2021, British Columbia announced that beginning January 1, 2022, workers covered by the province's Employment Standards Act (ESA)...

On August 16, 2023, Canada published Regulation SOR/2023-180 under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) (Amending Regulation). The Amending Regulation exempts certain classes of employees in the banking...

In Nahum v. Honeycomb Hospitality Inc., 2021 ONSC 1455, the Ontario Superior Court determined that an employee's pregnancy should impact the calculation of her reasonable notice period for dismissal.

On July 30, 21, Ontario filed O. Reg. 541/21 (Regulation), which adds a new "Roadmap Exit Step" to the Rules for Areas at Step 3 of its Roadmap to Reopen (Roadmap).

As of October 14, 2022, Ontario made the following changes to its COVID-19 requirements for long term care (LTC) homes, as set out in its COVID-19 guidance document.

Ontario's Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Act), became law on December 2, 2021. Among other things, the Act amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000

On April 20, 2021, the Medical Officer of Health in the Peel Public Health Region (Peel) announced that an Order would be issued directing businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the...

On August 23, 2021, the British Columbia government announced that by order of the Provincial Health Officer, proof of vaccination will be required to access some events,...

On June 14, 2022, Canada announced that, due to the country's improved public health situation, certain vaccination requirements are suspended as of June 20.

In a recent decision still reverberating with Canadian employers, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) struck down an employer's practice of requiring job applicants to be permanently eligible to work in Canada...

Part III of the Canada Labour Code contains unjust dismissal provisions that apply to private Canadian employers subject to federal jurisdiction.

When the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the state of the world in March 2020 and made employees' normal childcare arrangements generally unavailable,...

Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have implemented various measures to slow the spread of the virus, protect workers' health and safety...

On April 16, 2021, Ontario announced a two-week extension of its third declaration of emergency and its second Stay-at-Home order, and that in response to the rapid increase of COVID-19 case rates...

Marshall v. Mercantile Exchange Corporation, 2024 CanLII 71128 (ONSC), is an action for wrongful dismissal where the employee claimed he could not mitigate his damages...

In Canada Post Corporation and Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Arbitrator Kevin Burkett denied CUPW's cease and desist application filed under the collective agreement (CA)...

On September 18, 2024, Canada announced that it would impose new language and field of study eligibility requirements on its Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) Program.

In Giacomodonato v. PearTree Securities Inc., 2023 ONSC 5628, Ontario's Superior Court of Justice ordered the employer to pay to the employee the costs of the proceeding in the amount of $830,761...