An inspector’s alleged statement that, "our branch is different up here. I know in southern Ontario they fine, fine, fine.

As one employer learned recently, smoke-free workplace legislation has teeth.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has announced that new "JHSC Certification Training Standards" will come into effect in early 2015.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour has prepared and published a new Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") poster entitled "Employment Standards in Ontario".

Ontario’s Human Rights Commission issued a statement on November 25, 2014 in relation to sexual harassment and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

No client likes to have a human rights application brought against it before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

Employers should keep in mind that part-time employees are protected under the ESA.

Work Safe Alberta has released an Occupational Health and Safety bulletin to assist Alberta employers and workers understand the impact of the recent amendments to the federal WHMIS legislation.

In August, the International Organization for Standardization, the world’s largest global developer of voluntary international standards, approved the creation of a project committee who will develop an international standard for occupational health and safety management systems.

The Government has also modified its previous position with respect to the types of expenses that will qualify as Canadian exploration expenses.

On March 31, 2014, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued a new Compliance and Regulatory Policy Notice.

Last week, the FTC announced that it had settled with a gaming company that falsely claimed to be certified under the US Safe Harbor.

For the first time in nearly a decade, a province has enacted comprehensive private sector privacy legislation.

The Article 29 Working Party published new Guidelines on the Right to be Forgotten on 26 November 2014.

A landowner challenged the compensation offered by Alberta Transportation which had expropriated portions of three undeveloped quarter sections for a proposed highway realignment.

"The Order and Reasons for Recusal do not and should not form part of the record before this Court.

As the last quarter of 2015 approaches, it is important for advisors and registrants to be aware of the new requirement to file elections in respect of any previously-made section 156...

The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal in Guindon v. The Queen.

The EU Data Protection Regulation was discussed, yesterday, at the Privacy Laws & Business conference in Cambridge, UK.

On Monday, the European Parliament, Council and Commission came to an agreement on the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive.