Littler LLP | Canada | 7 Jun 2023
An arbitrator recently issued the first award in Ontario to address and uphold the reasonableness of a hospital vaccination policy that provides for…
Littler LLP | Canada | 30 May 2023
The decision of the British Columbia, Canada Civil Resolution Tribunal (Tribunal) in Besse v. Reach CPA Inc., 2023 BCCRT 27 is especially relevant…
Littler LLP | Canada | 23 May 2023
On May 11, 2023, British Columbia, Canada’s Bill 13, Pay Transparency Act (Act), received Royal Assent. Section 2 of the Act, which addresses the…
Littler LLP | Canada | 18 May 2023
In Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd., 2023 ONCA 255, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) found that unless an employee’s employment contract…
Littler LLP | Canada | 17 May 2023
On May 11, 2023, Canada passed An Act to enact Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff…
Littler LLP | Canada | 16 May 2023
Employer appealed trial judge’s finding that employee on temporary leave was entitled to receive long-term disability (LTD) benefits for injury that…
Littler LLP | Canada | 8 May 2023
In Corporation of the City of Calgary v Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 583, 2023 CanLII 20867 (AB GAA), Arbitrator James T. Casey dismissed the…
Littler LLP | Canada | 1 May 2023
A long-term employee was awarded wrongful dismissal, aggravated, and punitive damages where the employer was found to have intentionally manufactured…
Littler LLP | Canada | 28 Apr 2023
A recent case before the Ontario Labour Relations Board indicates employers have flexibility in choosing a harassment complaint investigator. It is…
Littler LLP | Canada | 12 Apr 2023
On March 9, 2023, British Columbia’s Bill 2, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act, received Royal Assent and came into force. Bill 2 amends…