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Littler LLP | Canada | 19 May 2022
Canada: Another Arbitrator Dismisses Grievance Disputing Mandatory Vaccination Policy
On April 27, 2022, in Canada Post Corporation v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Canada Post), Arbitrator Thomas Joliffe, Q.C. Dismissed a union…
Littler LLP | Canada | 18 May 2022
Ontario, Canada: Appeal Court Declines to Resolve Whether Employees Laid Off During Pandemic May Claim Constructive Dismissal at Common Law
On May 12, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) released its long-awaited decision in Taylor v. Hanley Hospitality Inc., 2022 ONCA 376 (Hanley…
Littler LLP | Canada | 13 May 2022
British Columbia, Canada Court of Appeal Upholds Determination That Three Taxi Drivers Are Employees
In Beach Place Ventures Ltd. v. Employment Standards Tribunal, 2022 BCCA 147, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) upheld a determination by…
Littler LLP | Canada | 12 May 2022
Ontario, Canada: Some Employees May Be Entitled to Paid Time Off to Vote in June 2nd Provincial Election
The 2022 Ontario General Election will take place on June 2, 2022. Voters will elect members of the provincial government to serve in the Legislative…
Littler LLP | Canada | 6 May 2022
Alberta, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Reminds Employees They Have Duties in the Workplace Accommodation Process
In Zupcic v Saputo Foods Limited, 2022 AHRC 13 (Saputo), the Human Rights Tribunal of Alberta (Tribunal) dismissed an employee’s complaint that that…
Littler LLP | Canada | 27 Apr 2022
Canada: Key Trends in Arbitration Awards Pertaining to Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies
Since late fall 2021, we have seen a steady flow of arbitration awards emerge in Ontario and British Columbia that consider issues relating to…
Littler LLP | Canada | 27 Apr 2022
Ontario, Canada: Masking Requirement in Select Higher-Risk Settings and Certain Directives Extended to June 11
On April 22, 2022, Ontario announced that its Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) is maintaining the existing provincial masking requirements in…
Littler LLP | Canada | 22 Apr 2022
British Columbia, Canada: Arbitrator Upholds Electricity Provider’s Vaccination Policy But Severs Discipline Aspect as Unreasonable
In BC Hydro and Power Authority and IBEW, Local 258, Re, 2022 CarswellBC 837, Arbitrator Gabriel Somjen decided that the mandatory vaccination policy…
Littler LLP | USA | 19 Apr 2022
Ontario, Canada: Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 Receives Royal Assent
On April 11, 2022, Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 received Royal Assent and became law. As previously discussed, in addition to enacting the…
Littler LLP | Canada | 19 Apr 2022
British Columbia, Canada: Bill 10, the Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022 Proposes Automatic Card-check Certification System
Bill 10, the Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022, introduced on April 6, 2022, would make significant amendments to British Columbia’s Labour…
