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Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 7 Jan 2022
New Canada Labour Code regulations exempt certain transport drivers from hours of work and scheduling rules
Effective February 1, 2022, new regulations made under the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) will exempt specific classes of federally regulated…
Lexology PRO | Belgium, Canada, China, etc. | 29 Nov 2021
Employment: key updates and developments (23 – 29 Nov)
The UK publishes a brief on COVID-19 status certificates, the UAE makes significant changes to labour law practices, and China introduces paid parental leave to combat its declining population - plus other key updates.
Pallett Valo LLP | Canada | 4 Apr 2021
Federally Regulated Employers Must Comply With New Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Laws
In order to protect workers in federally regulated workplaces, the federal government made changes to the Canada Labour Code regarding workplace…
Fasken | Canada | 18 Jan 2021
Canada Industrial Relations Board Refuses to Hear Unjust Dismissal Complaints because Other Redress Available
As a result of amendments to Part III of the Canada Labour Code (the "Code"), which came into effect in 2019, the Canada Industrial Relations Board…
Taylor McCaffrey LLP | Canada | 1 Dec 2020
Premature Settlement of Unjust Dismissal Complaints under the Canada Labour Code: Fact or Fiction
The decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Bank of Montréal v Yanping (Kate) Li, 2020 FCA 22, provides an interesting take on the settlement of a…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 23 Nov 2020
COVID-19 Update: Further Extension to the Temporary Layoff Period under the Canada Labour Code
On November 9, 2020, the federal Minister of Labour announced a further extension to the permissible time period for temporary layoffs in light of the…
Blaney McMurtry LLP | Canada | 16 Nov 2020
New Harassment and Violence Prevention Measures for Federally-Regulated Workplaces Come into force January 1, 2021
The Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations published by the Federal Government in June of this year will come into effect on…
Torkin Manes LLP | Canada | 22 Oct 2020
If Employees Work Overtime, Employers Must Pay Despite Overtime Policies
In a recent class action proceeding which affected 31,000 CIBC customer service employees across Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has…
Stikeman Elliott LLP | Canada | 31 Jul 2020
Update: balancing the workplace scale: bill 32 enacts employer-friendly changes to the employment standards code and labour relations code
The Government of Alberta has passed Bill 32, the Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act, 2020 (Bill 32) to amend the Employment Standards Code…
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP | Canada | 29 Jun 2020
Extensions to Maximum Length for Temporary Layoff: What Federally Regulated and British Columbia Employers Need to Know to Avoid Deemed Terminations
Employment standards legislation across Canada allows employers to temporarily layoff employees for a limited period of time in certain circumstances…
