Ontario Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2011 passes second reading *

Canada - April 27 2012
On March 1, 2012, the Ontario legislature passed second reading of Bill 28, the Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2011.

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Ontario proposes new family caregiver leave *

Canada - February 9 2012
The Ontario government is moving forward with plans to introduce a new category of leave for employees called “family caregiver leave”.

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Saskatchewan abolishes Human Rights Tribunal *

Canada - October 28 2011
Ontarians will recall Tim Hudak’s proposal, during his campaign for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 2009, to “scrap” Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal.

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Human Rights Tribunal finds that students with special needs are entitled to reasonable –not perfect – accommodations *

Canada - September 21 2011
In our Fall 2010 Education Law Newsletter, we discussed the case of Schafer v. Toronto District School Board, 2010 HRTO 403 (request for reconsideration denied 2010 HRTO 884), in which the Human Rights Tribunal ruled that it would not second-guess a student’s Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) placement

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Swine flu - preparing for the pandemic (federally regulated employers) *

Canada - May 11 2009
The swine influenza ("swine flu") outbreak raises a number of issues for employers and employees.

Co-authors: Michelle S. Henry.

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