Opportunity Knocks: Court Awards Damages for Loss of Opportunity in Wrongful Dismissal
Wrongful dismissal claims generally attract three types of damages: compensation in lieu of notice, general damages (including aggravated and punitive damages); and special damages (which can include items such as […]
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Canada Is Introducing A Federal Minimum Wage: What Employers Need To Know
From 29 December 2021, a new federal minimum wage of CAD 15 per hour will take effect. A new Canadian federal minimum wage of CAD 15 per hour was included in […]
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Equal Pay – Know The Laws Of Your Province
Equality of pay may be required by human rights, employment standards or pay equity laws. No matter what part of Canada you’re in, it’s illegal to deliberately pay employees of one […]
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The 8 Things You Must Know to Comply with the New Federal Pay Equity Law
You must implement a pay equity plan by August 31, 2024 When are we legally allowed to require employees to submit to drug testing? One of the most significant pieces of new […]
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New Act Aims to Close Gender Pay Gap
Introduction On 7 July 2021, the Federal Pay Equity Commissioner and Minister of Labour jointly announced that the new federal Pay Equity Act (the Act) and its supporting regulations (the Regulations) […]
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How the New Federal Minimum Wage Works: Quiz
Federal employees get whichever minimum wage is the highest. Once upon a time, there was no such thing as a federal minimum wage. Airlines, railways, telecoms and other federally regulated employers […]
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Termination Notice Amounts & Exceptions : Know The Laws Of Your Province
How much notice must you pay the employees you terminate? One of the biggest differences between Canadian and U.S. employment law is that employers in this country must provide employees notice […]
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A 20/20 Perspective On COVID-19’s Impact On Contracts
Many legal uncertainties accompanied the pandemic's arrival in March 2020. As businesses closed and events were cancelled, the legal community wondered how contractual legal concepts such as force majeure, frustration, material […]
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Employee Benefits and COVID-19
Employee benefits are a key component of employees’ compensation. COVID-19 and its impact on employees’ physical and mental wellbeing has highlighted the importance of employee benefits to employees and employers […]
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The Federal Government Draws a New Line on Unpaid Internships
Memo to Federally Regulated Employers: Your Unpaid Internship Program May Now Be Illegal The unpaid internship has become an endangered species, especially for companies subject to federal employment regulation, i.e., the […]
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2021 Minimum Wage Rates Across Canada
ALBERTA General Minimum Wage: $15.00 per hour Separate Minimum Wages: • Students age 13-17. for work done during school breaks or first 28 hours per week of work done while not on break: […]
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Accident Benefits COVID-19 Edition: IRB vs CERB
Even the world of statutory accident benefits has to deal with novel issues in the time of COVID-19. Imagine the following scenario: An individual is involved in an automobile accident. They […]
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Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Canada
How do your company’s salaries stack up against housing prices in your area? Find out the average salary needed to buy a home in the major Canadian cities by clicking […]
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The Most Important Compensation Plan a Company Can Have?
The compensation plan a company can have is going to be different for each organization. “Which pay program or strategy should get most attention right now?” The problem is solved […]
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Do Incentive Plans Really Work?
Business leaders who are seeking to grow their companies by improving the performance of their employees (especially key producers), inevitably confront questions such as these: This paper addresses all of these […]
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How to Perform Compensation Benchmarking and Set Salary Ranges
To compete for talent, your organization must also know what the market is paying for certain skills and develop fair and reasonable salary ranges for the positions in your company. This […]
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Paying Your People in Canada
So, your business has grown — and now you are planning to set up an office or perhaps full operations in Canada? This Ceridian whitepaper illustrates the unique payroll issues […]
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Merit Increase Pay Policy
Each year, the CEO and the chief officers of human resources and finance will determine the pool of merit increase funds available. Both the objectives of the compensation program and […]
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Incentive Programs Policy
To encourage strategic goal setting and to provide formal recognition of program participants who meet set goals is the purpose of this policy.
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Call-In Pay Policy – BC Version
Introduction: How to Use This Tool Here’s a policy for your employment manual that addresses the issue of call-in pay, i.e., minimum pay for employees who report to work upon being […]
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An Introduction to the federal Pay Equity Act
Recorded Date: May 1st, 2019 Speaker: Giovanna Di Sauro, Associate This webinar recording will provide a general overview of the federal Pay Equity Act, and will cover topics including: Expectations for smaller vs. larger […]
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Achieving Gender Pay Equity; Preparing for and Surviving a Pay Equity Audit
Date: May 30, 2018 Time: 9:oo AM - 10:00 AM + 15 minute Q&A Speaker: Wendy Glaser Pay Equity is a salient topic today as HR professionals face heightened awareness of gender equality […]
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Equal Pay for Equal Work: Pay Equity Is No Longer Just a Male-Female Thing
SITUATION John, a full-time employee of ABC Company, gets paid $25 per hour. Each of the following individuals does exactly the same work at exactly the same establishment as John but […]
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How to Get Back the Money You Previously Failed to Withhold
What should you do if you discover that you didn’t deduct enough money from an employee’s pay? What should you do if you discover that you didn’t deduct enough money from […]
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Alberta Introduces a 2-year Freeze on Salaries of Management and Non-Union Employees
Alberta imposed a 2-year freeze on salaries of management and non-union employees of provincial agencies, boards and commissions. Similar freezes for Alberta Public Service employees, as well as cabinet members, […]
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Overtime Earned Quiz
Does Extra Pay for Previous Work Cancel Overtime Earned Later? SITUATION Salaried employee Tara Misoo sues her employer, XYZ Manufacturing, for unpaid overtime. XYZ admits that Tara put in 19 hours of […]
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Moving Allowances
It’s not easy to persuade employees to move from their homes and accept a new job or transfer with a company in a different location One of the things employers […]
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Minimum Wage Quiz
Which Minimum Wage Is Required When Provincially Regulated Employees Work on Federal Land? SITUATION An airport authority for a major airport in Québec hires a local construction company to repave runways. The […]
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Wage Deductions for Union Dues in Alberta
QUESTION Where are the rules of union dues outlined? We are a CUPE Union environment, in Alberta. I looked in the Govt. of Alberta Labour Code and can't find it. I'm […]
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