With key public health indicators beginning to show signs of improvement and expected to continue, Ontario announced that commencing January 31, 2022...

On March 10, 2022, British Columbia announced that it will be taking the following steps to lift COVID-19 restrictions...

The Ontario Superior Court recently issued a decision in Sewell v. Provincial Fruit Co. Limited, 2020 ONSC 4406 (Sewell), applying the reasoning set forth in the Ontario Court of Appeal...

The Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) recently held that an employee may be awarded aggravated damages for an employer's bad-faith conduct during the employee's...

The BCCA also upheld the lower court's refusal to award the employee punitive damages for the employer's alleged misconduct in the dismissal process.

Portugal and Spain have published draft legislation to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law, introducing requirements that exceed the Directive's baseline standards. Both proposals extend mandatory pay gap reporting to employers with 50 or more workers and establish stringent timelines for compliance, creating new challenges for multinational employers navigating an increasingly complex patchwork of European employment regulations.

Against a backdrop of job insecurity and fear of retaliation, anonymous whistleblower reporting has surged to alarming levels, reversing years of progress toward named reporting. This troubling trend signals deeper issues in workplace culture that compliance professionals must address urgently. What concrete measures can organizations implement to rebuild trust and encourage employees to report misconduct without hiding behind anonymity?

It is rare for an employment law case to come before the highest court in Canada. One of 2019's most significant developments was the Supreme Court of Canada's decision to consider an...

It is rare for an employment law case to come before the highest court in Canada. One of 2019's most significant developments was the Supreme Court of Canada's decision to consider an employee's...

In Perretta v. Rand A Technology Corporation, 2021 ONSC 2111, Ontario's Superior Court of Justice ordered an employer to pay an employee damages for reasonable notice at common law...

In Van Hee v Glenmore Inn Holdings Ltd., 2023 ABCJ 244 (Glenmore), the Alberta Court of Justice found that an employer's mandatory vaccination policy was a reasonable...

On December 17, 2021, Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code (Bill C-3), received Royal Assent. Bill C-3's intention is to provide support...

Recent case law on the distinction between an employee and independent contractor for wrongful dismissal purposes would suggest that even if the court does not find the individual to be an employee, it might nonetheless...

In Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2024 ONSC 5593, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dismissed an employee's claim for common law reasonable notice of termination.

In response to the escalating COVID-19 crisis, on March 17, 2020, the Government of Ontario declared an emergency under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.

In Aldergrove Duty Free Shop Ltd. v. MacCallum, 2024 BCCA 28, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia (BCCA) dismissed an employer's appeal when it agreed...

In Porcupine Opportunities Program Inc. v Cooper, 2020 SKCA 33 (Porcupine), the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal affirmed, among other things,...

On October 9, 2020, in Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)—the highest court in the country.

As the second Trump administration nears the end of its second year, federal agencies are accelerating workplace policy changes across multiple fronts.

Canada saw significant developments in labour and employment law in 2019. As we embark on a new decade, we will undoubtedly see the landscape in this ever-changing area of law continue to evolve