Keyword: employment legislation

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Liberals promising tax-free parental benefits, increased CPP survivor’s benefit

The Liberal Party announced a number of campaign promises this week, including making maternity and parental benefits tax-free, introducing a 15-week leave for adoptive parents, strengthening the old-age security benefit and increasing the Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan survivor’s benefit. If re-elected, the Liberal government said it will work to establish guaranteed paid family […]

  • By: Staff
  • September 19, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 15:00
‘Inherently impossible’ to accommodate employee unable to work, finds Ontario court

The Ontario Divisional Court has confirmed that an employer’s duty to accommodate ends when an employee’s disability becomes permanent and thereby frustrates the contract of employment. “The decision in Katz v. Clarke is a breath of fresh air for employers because it reaffirms that employees seeking accommodation can’t merely inform their employers of their desire to […]

Manitoba NDP, Liberals pledge to hike minimum wage

Manitoba’s New Democratic Party and Liberal Party announced a host of worker-friendly campaign promises over the Labour Day weekend, with both parties committing to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The province’s minimum wage, one of the lowest in Canada, is currently $11.35 an hour. It’s set to increase to $11.65 on Oct. 1, […]

  • By: Staff
  • September 4, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 09:15
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On Sept. 1, federally regulated employers will see the impact of several changes to the Canada Labour Code, including the new right for employees to request flexible working arrangements, as well as new leaves and other measures supporting workplace flexibility. “The changes to the code . . . will support employees in achieving better work-life […]

Constructive dismissal and the corresponding duty to mitigate damages

In a recent case, the Ontario Superior Court found an employee failed to mitigate damages when he refused a return-to-work offer from his employer, with whom he had a good working relationship. In the case, Gent v. Strone Inc., the plaintiff, David Gent, had been employed for 23 years by Strone Inc., first as a carpenter and then […]

  • June 4, 2019 September 13, 2019
  • 08:30

More than half (54 per cent) of Canadians believe training around workplace harassment and violence should occur annually, while 28 per cent said it should take place every three years or more, according to the results of the federal government’s online consultation. The survey, which polled 1,000 Canadians about new legislation on workplace harassment and […]

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 10:05
Settlement reached in Ontario age discrimination benefits case

Following the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario’s decision in a landmark age discrimination case last year, former high school teacher Steve Talos has reached a settlement with the Grand Erie District School Board. Though Ontario abolished mandatory retirement in 2006, it still allowed employers to terminate benefits plans for workers age 65 and over. In […]

Can employers require mandated arbitration in employee disputes?

In response to months of pressure from employees, Google Inc. said last week it will no longer require employees to settle disputes with the company through arbitration. The change, which will take effect March 21, 2019, will apply to current and future employees. Last year, Google said it would end mandatory arbitration — which requires employees […]

Feds form expert panel to study changing nature of work

The federal government has established an independent expert panel to study the complex workplace issues facing Canadian employers and employees. The nature of work is changing and so are the needs of Canadian workers, noted a press release,  and a modern set of federal labour standards that reflect these changes will better protect Canadian workers, helping set […]

  • By: Staff
  • February 21, 2019 September 13, 2019
  • 09:30
A summary of Ontario’s changing employment and labour legislation

Many of the changes that were introduced to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act in January 2018 were short-lived, as the province’s new government elected in June last year is rolling out its own amendments. With the new changes taking effect on Jan. 1, 2019, here’s a summary of the key ways Bill 47 is changing the previous […]

  • February 19, 2019 September 13, 2019
  • 08:00