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Privacy regulators issue joint statement: Understanding the risks and responsibilities surrounding data scraping

Canada, United Kingdom - September 14 2023 On August 24, 2023, 12 international privacy and data protection authorities, including the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the UK…

Canada might be heading towards a recession: Issues employers should keep in mind

Canada - February 9 2023 With many, including former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, predicting that Canada will enter into a recession in early 2023 there are several…

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to become Statutory Holiday in BC

Canada - February 9 2023 The BC Government has introduced a bill to make September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a provincial statutory holiday. The…

ABCA confirms CERB payments are not deductible from wrongful dismissal damages

Canada - January 16 2023 Last month our team shared an article with what was at the time the first decision from any appeal court in Canada to consider the question of whether…

BCCA rules CERB payments are no longer deductible from wrongful dismissal damages

Canada - December 9 2022 In a decision released on November 29, 2022, the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled that payments received under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Program…

Bill 124 declared unconstitutional

Canada - December 5 2022 On November 29, 2022, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Bill 124, Ontario’s public sector wage restraint legislation, is…

Public consultations are underway in Ontario for the temporary help agency and recruiter licensing framework

Canada - December 2 2022 On November 21, 2022, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (the “Ministry”) began a public consultation process to…

Recent case highlights the need to update your COVID vaccination policy

Canada - September 22 2022 In FCA Canada Inc. v Unifor, Locals 195, 444, 1285, the union challenged the reasonableness of the employer’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate (the…

Alberta Court finds in favour of employer after employee refused to comply with mask policy

Canada - July 28 2022 In Benke v Loblaw Companies Limited, 2022 ABQB 461, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta weighed in on the effect of an employee’s unpaid suspension…

Reasonable notice period capped at 24 months absent special circumstances

Canada - July 5 2022 In a recent ruling the Supreme Court of British Columbia has reaffirmed that notice periods for wrongful dismissal in BC are capped at an upper limit…