The Ontario government’s second Working For Workers Act, 2022 was passed on April 7, 2022 and will take effect on the later of July 1, 2022 or the date the...
Recently, in Reotech Construction Ltd. v. Snider (2022), British Columbia’s Supreme Court reversed a trial court decision that declined to deduct the employee’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) payments from...
What is the new law? The Working for Workers Act, 2021 (the “Act”) amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000 in Ontario on December 2, 2021. Among other things, it prohibited...
The Ontario government recently announced that they would put forward another employee-protection based piece of legislation (Bill 27 recently provided a mandate to employers regarding the right to disconnect). With...
At long last, the Ontario government has provided further information on their newly required Disconnecting from Work policy. As a reminder, late last year the government passed Bill 27, The...
While a “snow day” means something very specific to Canadian children (an unexpected day off school!) – it can mean something very different to employers and their employees. Is an...
A recent decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court sheds new light on an employer’s ability to terminate an employee for just cause for secretly recording conversations in the workplace....
2022 brings along another increase to Canada Pension Plan premiums contributions. This year, the maximum contributions by employees and employers to CPP is $3,499.80, compared to last year’s $3,166.00 –...
A recent Quebec labour ruling found that an employee who sustained an injury while working from home was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Back in September 2020, a Canadian airline...
Earlier this fall, Ontario’s minimum wage increased by $0.10 to $14.35 per hour, however, that number is now set to increase even more. Effective January 1, 2022, Ontario’s new general...