This article is part two of three on the proposed changes to The Labour Relations Act set out in The Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2024.

Canadians will be heading to the polls on Monday, September 20th, 2021, to elect their next Federal Government. Employers have a number of obligations to employees under the Canada Elections Act, SC 2000...

Courtroom dramas make for great television. The problem? Real litigation almost never looks like what you see on screen. If you walked into a Manitoba courtroom expecting Suits or Law & Order...

The amount of condominiums in Winnipeg is still increasing as our population grows and the affordability of buying and owning a traditional detached home...

Since June 2019, federally incorporated private corporations (i.e. not public companies or not-for-profits) have been required to keep a register of individuals with significant control (the "Register").

In the spring of 1995, two kids aged 14 and 15 left a Zellers store on Henderson Hwy in Winnipeg with a number of items without paying for them, including Star Wars and Lion King toys.

For non-union employers, it's not just a line from a scary movie. Manitoba law already promotes unionization and preserves unionized workplaces. The preamble to The Labour Relations Act says:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics have emerged as a possibly powerful tool with the potential to transform the legal landscape.

Well, the spring time change usually awakens people to start looking for a home or a new home to be purchased over the summer when their school age children are either out of school...

I work as a delivery driver for a manufacturing company. I dyed my hair neon pink and now my boss is threatening to fire me if I don’t dye it back to its normal colour. He says that because I have a front-facing role and interact with customers, I have to be presentable.

ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI, has the potential to revolutionize the way we communicate and access information.

If you are planning to sue a professional for negligence, the Court will need to be convinced that the professional not only owed you a duty of care and breached that duty,

Having your employees agree to not compete against you after they move on is great for your business. But how easy is it to actually enforce a non-compete clause when you believe a former employee is

One of the cornerstones of the collaborative law process is the use of joint meetings.

When you think of Winnipeg you really don't think of an "Urban Jungle" as you would think of New York or Toronto but with an increase of population, a focus on rapid public transit corridors...

The plaintiff was a 13 year employee of Saputo, a cheese manufacturer and wholesaler, prior to his termination on September 1, 2015.

Hosting parties for your employees and their families may be good for morale and engagement, but they are fraught with risks of legal liability for employers.

For the next few months, I will be answering some common questions that we get from clients related to immigration and employment matters. This one is a frequent source of confusion..

Terminating an employee is rarely an easy process, especially when the relationship has deteriorated to the point where neither party has anything positive to say about the other.

Shortly before the release of the Anderson decision, Menzies, J. released his decision in Vanbeselaere v. Vanbeselaere, 2023 MBKB 67. That case dealt with the validity of a pre-marital...