Canada's Competition Act Will Soon Criminally Prohibit Wage-Fixing and No-Poaching Agreements Between Unaffiliated Employers

On March 17, 2022, Canada announced that, effective April 1, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada.

In May of 2020, Ontario filed O. Reg. 228/20, which provided that a non-unionized employee who did not perform their job duties during the "COVID-19 period" because their work hours were temporarily reduced or eliminated for reasons related to COVID-19.

On September 26, 2022, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced that effective October 1, 2022, Canada's COVID-19 entry restrictions will be removed for all travellers...

Bill 218, Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 was enacted on November 20, 2020.

On June 10, 2020, the federal government introduced Bill C-17, An Act respecting additional COVID-19 measures, for first reading. If passed in its current form, Bill C-17 would...

British Columbia announced that beginning January 1, 2022, workers covered by the province's Employment Standards Act (ESA), including part-time, temporary or casual workers, will be eligible to take up to five days of...

In a News Release dated March 17, 2021, Ontario announced it was removing regulatory restrictions to make it easier for organizations to conduct on-site COVID-19 testing in the workplace.

On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home's mandatory vaccination policy...

This month, the federal government made two announcements that are relevant to federally regulated, private-sector employers regarding the minimum age for employment and the minimum wage.

The Global Guide Quarterly (GGQ) is a newsletter published by Littler on a quarterly basis to provide high-level and concise coverage of global labor and employment (L&E)...

In Currie v. Nylene Canada Inc., 2022 ONCA 209, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) dismissed the employer's appeal of a lower court decision in...

Employers subject to provincial legislation (i.e., not federal employers) that have employees in Ontario often ask about legislative requirements under various employment statutes, including mandatory policies, training and postings under the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

Government officials across the world are easing up, or preparing to ease up, on the stringent business closures and stay at home orders that were implemented to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The Record of Employment (ROE) (Block 16) provides information on an employee's employment history when they apply for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits.

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On April 22, 2022, Ontario announced that its Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) is maintaining the existing provincial masking requirements in select higher-risk indoor settings, and the CMOH Directives...

Canada's Regulation SOR/2023-78 (Regulation), which comes into force on December 15, 2023, will require employers to provide free menstrual...

Employees Entitled to Common Law Reasonable Notice When Termination Clause Is Ambiguous.

With increasing concerns over COVID-19 variants and the recent acceleration of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout to Ontario's public, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was recently asked if the Government...