Bargaining hard is not always bargaining in bad faith *

Canada - February 19 2013
The Superior Court has reversed a Commission des relations du travail (CRT) ruling that the Government of Quebec had negotiated in bad faith in the…

Health and safety on construction sites: The principal contractor can’t be everywhere, Quebec’s Appeal Court rules *

Canada - November 30 2012
The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld the acquittal of a principal contractor accused of an offence under section 237 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety, holding that it had fulfilled its obligations to oversee the progress and adequate performance of work on the construction site.

Duty to negotiate in good faith: what about salary issues? *

Canada - May 4 2012
The Commission des relations du travail (CRT) recently determined that by, among other things, remaining inflexible on salary issues during the collective bargaining round for the public and parapublic sectors, the Government of Quebec and Monique Jérôme-Forget, as Minister responsible for Government Administration and President of the Treasury Board, had failed to negotiate in good faith.