So far, BC, Manitoba and Québec are the only provinces requiring passports for nonessential public activity. “Vaccination passport,” a term few of us had ever heard before the pandemic, has [...]
Which provinces have adopted vaccination passport requirements?
Employers can substitute general/statutory holiday dates as long as they still meet the total number of days required. QUESTION Can an employer substitute the new September 30 general holiday for [...]
The first half of 2021 has been transformative for HR and employment law in Canada. New regulations have taken effect regarding workplace safety, temporary layoffs, right to disconnect, privacy, and [...]
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The B.C. Government is reviewing new accessibility legislation that will establish standards aimed at identifying, removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and inclusion. If passed, standards will be developed in [...]
On June 17, 2021, the BC Legislature passed the Accessible British Columbia Act (the "Act") into law. The Act will create new responsibilities for organizations. What Does the Act Do? The Act [...]
Last year, we wrote about the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Waksdale v. Swegon North America that cast doubt on the enforceability of termination provisions in many employment contracts in Ontario. [...]
Public corporations with highly paid executives will also have to repay their CEWS subsidies. The newly proposed 2021 federal budget includes a number of key changes to the Canada Emergency [...]
Phase out of CEWS, a new wage subsidy and a federal $15 minimum wage are some of the big-ticket items. As it does every year, the new federal budget includes [...]
Courts are increasingly reluctant to find that employers have just cause to terminate their employees: Underhill v Shell Canada Limited, 2020 ABQB 341; Mack v Universal Dental Laboratories Ltd, 2020 ABQB 738; Baker [...]
Professionals have ethical obligations and must respect them in all spheres of their lives, even in their private lives. While they enjoy the protection of the same constitutional rights and [...]
In a landmark decision in Caplan v. Atas, 2021 ONSC 670 (the "Decision"), the Superior Court of Justice recognized the common law tort of internet harassment-proclaiming itself the first common law court outside [...]
Many Canadian businesses have closed the books on their 2020 fiscal year, having faced an unprecedented economic shock wrought by the pandemic. 2020 fiscal year results will undoubtedly be affected, [...]
Workplace harassment and violence reform, counter-reform in Alberta and infectious illness leave were among the top stories. The most important HR laws of 2020 were clearly the COVID-19 relief laws. [...]
Termination notice limits, drug testing and unionization rights were central themes in HR. COVID-19 might have shut down businesses, but courts and arbitrators remained open during 2020 and handed down [...]
Date: February 24th, 2021 Time: 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT Speakers: Benjamin Kranc, Certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Immigration Law Recording: To [...]
