What is Ergonomics and Human Factors?
Effective December 15, 2023 federally regulated employers will be required to provide menstrual products at no cost to their employees who need them while at work. This requirement is being [...]
Federally Regulated Employers Will Soon Be Required To Provide Menstrual Products For Employees
Effective December 15, 2023 federally regulated employers will be required to provide menstrual products at no cost to their employees who need them while at work. This requirement is being [...]
The Proposed Federal Ban On The Use Of Replacement Workers During A Strike
The recent federal employee strike resulted in the temporary closing of certain government services and highlighted an issue with respect to the use of replacement workers during a strike or [...]
Employers Don’t Always Need to Give a Warning Before Firing You With Cause
An employer doesn't always need to send a warning before firing an employee. The near invariable direction HR departments provide when it comes to terminating an employee for cause is [...]
How to Protect Your Company from Legal Risks of Workplace AI Use
That artificial intelligence has direct ramifications on the workplace isn’t exactly breaking news. But the newly launched ChatGPT app, which has gained over 100 million active users in less than [...]
Paid Sick Leave Catching on Across Canada
BC and the federal jurisdiction have given employees paid sick days and other provinces may soon follow. Stay home when you’re sick! That’s what employees have historically been advised to [...]
British Columbia Court Of Appeal Finds That Employers Can Discriminate Against Employees Based On Family Status Without A Change In Employment Terms
The recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision in British Columbia (Human Rights Tribunal) v Gibraltar Mines Ltd., 2023 BCCA 168 ("Gibraltar Mines") broadens the test for family status discrimination in BC, bringing [...]
B.C. Supreme Court Rules That Firms Cannot Be Liable For Internal Investigations Into Misconduct
Effective compliance processes can be the most successful risk management tool that businesses and their leaders have in their tool boxes. Compliance programs are expected to detect legal or regulatory [...]
Court Finds That Saving Clause Does Not Fix An Illegal Termination Provision
Bottom Line Despite a "saving provision" that purported to incorporate the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the "ESA") into the employment agreement, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Tan v. [...]
Collective Bargaining Primer
If there is a union in your workplace, you likely have been involved in collective bargaining in some capacity. Even where human resource managers are not directly at the bargaining [...]
Important Notice Re Ongoing Compliance Obligations Of Employers Employing Foreign Workers
Please be advised that new employer compliance obligations are in effect for the employment of foreign workers which include the following: For the International Mobility Program, which includes intra-company transfers, [...]