On April 27, 2022, in Canada Post Corporation v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Canada Post)...

Bill 10, the Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022, introduced on April 6, 2022, would make significant amendments to British Columbia's Labour Relations Code (LRC).

The policy statement confirms the critical role of medical professionals in the accommodation process.

An Oregon Court of Appeals decision clarifies how statutory damages are calculated in wage deduction cases, determining whether employees can recover $200 per paycheck or per violation category. The ruling also addresses when employers can use Oregon's class action cure provision to dismiss collective claims before litigation advances.

On Oct. 26, Ontario's Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79), received Royal Assent and took effect. The statutes amended by Bill 79 include the Employment Standards Act...

In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Iriotakis v. Peninsula Employment Services Limited, 2021 ONSC 998 (Peninsula Employment)

On March 17, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Province of Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health declared a public health emergency. On March 27, 2020, the Government of...

In Breen v Foremost Industries Ltd, 2023 ABKB 552, the Court of King's Bench of Alberta dismissed the claim of a President and CEO...

On March 28, 2022, British Columbia introduced Bill 19 - 2022, Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 19) for first reading, and the Bill received Royal Assent on March 31, 2022.

To date, few decisions in Canada have considered whether the amount of the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) employees receive after their job termination should be deducted from their damages in lieu ...

On November 9, 2021, in United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Canada Local 333 v. Paragon Protection Ltd. (Paragon), Arbitrator Von Veh in Ontario dismissed a union's policy grievance and upheld a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.

The purpose of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is to develop, implement and enforce accessibility standards to achieve accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities...

A Canadian employee's attempt to invalidate an employment contract failed, even though one provision in the contract, the just-cause termination provision, was invalid.

In 2021, Canada saw significant statutory and case law developments in labour and employment law, some of which related to COVID-19.

In Timmins v. Artisan Cells, 2025 CanLII 2387, Ontario's Superior Court of Justice found, in an undefended claim, that the employers "by their correspondence and actions"...

On April 11, 2020, the federal government introduced and passed Bill C-14, A second Act respecting certain measures in response to COVID-19. Among other things, Bill C-14 amends the Income Tax Act...

On October 18, 2019, we wrote about the tests currently used to establish family status discrimination in Canada, and recommended policies and programs employers...

The recent Ontario decision, Hawkes v. Max Aicher (North America) Limited, 2021 ONSC 4290 (Max Aicher), establishes that global employment is factored into the calculation of an employer's payroll under s. 64 ...

In London District Catholic School Board v. Weilgosh, 2024 CanLII 20606 (ON SCDC), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court (Divisional Court) rejected an employer's...

The Canadian federal election is just around the corner—Monday, October 21, 2019 (Election Day). The Canada Elections Act sets out the law regarding employees' ...