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Agreement respecting reduction of labour costs does not violate, based on age, the right to equality in employment Quebec Court of Appeal

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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March 22 2013

In a recent ruling setting aside a decision by the Human Rights Tribunal (Tribunal), the Quebec Court of Appeal1 found that an agreement entered

Ontario Court of Appeal signals greater scrutiny of restrictive covenants

Norton Rose LLP
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Canada
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March 20 2013

Employers will need to take greater care in drafting non-competition and non-solicitation covenants in the context of commercial transactions

Canadian Charter does not guarantee work opportunities to members of labour unions

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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March 18 2013

Recent recognition that the right to a collective bargaining process is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter) has

$800,000 suit by an employer against a union dismissed as abusive

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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March 7 2013

In a recent Quebec Superior Court judgment, Catherine Mandeville, JSC, dismissed, before the hearing on the merits, actions for a permanent

Federal Court: employers must accommodate substantial parental obligations

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Canada
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February 28 2013

Two long-awaited decisions from the Federal Court confirm that protection from discrimination on the ground of ''family status'' under the Canadian

Bargaining hard is not always bargaining in bad faith

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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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

Workplace dress code and fundamental rights

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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January 11 2013

A Quebec grievance arbitration tribunal recently affirmed that an employee, just by being in a relationship of subordination to the employer, does not

Quebec Court of Appeal upholds the dismissal of an employee who lied on a pre-employment medical questionnaire

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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December 6 2012

Employers often use a pre-employment questionnaire to obtain a variety of information about the health status of job applicants

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

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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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

Target not a successor company, B.C. board rules

Norton Rose Canada LLP
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Canada
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November 27 2012

The Zellers Inc. and Target Canada Co. decision establishes that collective bargaining rights will not necessarily follow the enterprise when a company acquires something previously used or possessed by the unionized business

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