Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are the only provinces that have yet to commit to the $15 minimum wage. A fresh round of minimum wage increases took effect across much of the country on Oct. 1. Here’s a quick briefing of what HR and payroll directors need to know.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced a temporary
Changes are coming on January 1, 2023, affecting BC employment
An avionics installation worker got fired for faking the injuries
Having lost its case against the previous 2-dose mandatory COVID
The union cried foul when an employer dismissed a disabled
A warehouse worker was put on leave after hurling a
A Canada Post worker accused a fellow letter carrier of
It wasn’t so much his use of dating apps for
A front desk clerk warned for engaging in workplace harassment
A worker had to undergo post-incident testing after a chemical
The Alberta Human Rights Commission ruled that an apprentice pipefitter
The Federal Court ruled that current or former RCMP Members
When it comes to legal protections for genetic information, Canada lags behind the US, Western Europe and other industrialized countries. In 2017, the federal government enacted a law called the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNDA) making it a criminal offence for a person to require a person to undergo genetic testing or disclose the results of previous tests as a condition to entering into a contract with them.
