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The following principle is well established and acknowledged in labour relations: in the absence of a specific provision in a collective agreement imposing an obligation on the employer ...

Can an employee who is fired for cause sue for outstanding bonuses? What if those bonuses relate to the period of the employee’s wrongdoing?

Most occupational health and safety statutes across Canada contain provisions that prohibit employer reprisals for workplace health and safety matters.

A difficult employee states that he is quitting and walks out the door. Problem solved? Or just beginning? Recent cases illustrate that it's hard to know when an employee has really quit, at least in the eyes of the courts.

The BC Supreme Court, in Emergency Health Services Commission v. Cassidy, has recently confirmed that an employer's duty to accommodate does not extend to include a free-standing procedural requirement that the employer treat the employee fairly, and with due respect for his dignity, throughout the accommodation process.

If enacted, the Productivity Mega Deduction could materially improve the after-tax economics of developing and expanding mines in Canada. By allowing qualifying Canadian development expenses, including certain mine development expenditures, and a broad range of depreciable capital property to be deducted immediately, the proposal could help attract new mining investment and allow companies already operating in Canada to realize earlier tax benefits. The federal government has released draft legislation, but the measures are not yet law.

On January 15, 2013, Calgary-based Griffiths Energy International Inc. ("Griffiths") announced that it has been charged under Section 3(1)(b) of Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act ("CFPOA").

On September 6, 2012, the Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) released a discussion paper identifying three areas in which they believe regulated companies must invest effort and resources to demonstrate improved safety and environmental outcomes

On September 6, 2012, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (the "Board") denied Nova Scotia Power Inc.’s request for authorization to recover some or all of the embedded fixed or stranded costs should municipal electric utilities seek to become market participants and use the Nova Scotia Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).

Royal Assent was recently granted to amendments to the National Energy Board Act and related legislation as part of changes to environmental legislation under Bill C-38, The Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act.

Bill 41, entitled "Reducing Automobile Insurance Premiums by Eliminating Fraud Act, 2012" (the "Bill"), was introduced by Liberal MPP Amrit Mangat.

Cette mise à jour est destinée aux fabricants de médicaments, notamment aux titulaires de brevets pharmaceutiques.

Over social media on Thursday, Conservative leader Erin O'Toole asked whether Canada's allies trust Justin Trudeau. The question came after news broke that Canada would not participate in a...

Green Party leader Annamie Paul was in Toronto on Tuesday discussing the urgent need for the federal government to take action on affordable housing.

On November 23, 2011, the federal Government gave first reading in the Senate to the Financial System Review Act (FSRA) proposing changes to legislation governing financial institutions in Canada.

In Smith v. Inco Limited, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held Inco liable in private nuisance and strict liability, awarding class members $36 million in damages for loss of value to their properties as a result of emissions from a nickel refinery operated by Inco (now Vale) in Port Colborne, Ontario.

Technology and business process outsourcing is going global and law firms worldwide are embracing this specialized practice area.