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In Teamsters Local Union 987 of Alberta v Purolator Inc., 2024 CanLII 21937 (CA LA), an arbitrator dealt with a clash between the amount of leave days under a unionized employer’s collective agreements (CA) and the leave...more
As flagged in our legal roundup article for 2024, employees in England, Scotland and Wales will have a statutory entitlement to take one week of unpaid carer’s leave from April 6, 2024 onwards....more
This guide is a non-comprehensive overview of employment laws in the United States for international employers. We hope that it will assist employers that already employ individuals in the U.S. and employers that are...more
On November 30, 2023, Canada’s federal government introduced Bill C-59, Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill C-59), which would implement proposals in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement (Statement). Bill C-59...more
On October 26, 2023, Ontario’s Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79) received Royal Assent and came into force. The statutes amended by Bill 79 include the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), the Occupational...more
In Soave v. Stahle Construction Inc., 2023 ONCA 265, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) allowed an employer’s appeal of the trial judge’s finding that an employee who was on a temporary leave at the time of an injury was...more
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal’s decision in LaFleche v. NLFD Auto, 2022 BCHRT 88, provides employers with insight into how they should conduct themselves while their employees are on a leave of absence. The...more
In Bunge Hamilton Canada, Hamilton, Ontario v. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, the arbitrator found that a mandatory vaccination policy requiring unvaccinated unionized employees to be placed on unpaid...more
On December 17, 2021, Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code (Bill C-3), received Royal Assent. Bill C-3’s intention is to provide support, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, to workers in...more
As we previously highlighted, on May 29, 2020, the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL Regulation), under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The IDEL...more
On May 29, 2020, the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (the “IDEL Regulation”), under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). The IDEL Regulation retroactively...more
As we entered a new decade in 2020, Canada saw significant developments in labour and employment law, some of which related to COVID-19. This Insight provides an overview of 14 key 2020 developments, with links to more...more
On December 17, 2020, the Government of Ontario announced that the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave regulation will be extended to July 3, 2021. The regulation was previously set to expire on January 2, 2021. ...more
On July 24, 2020, Ontario’s new Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, became law. In accordance with Bill 195, Ontario’s Emergency Declaration has ended (subject to the provincial...more
The Dutch Supreme Court issued a decision in November 2019 on whether “dormant employment” arrangements were permissible. Employment becomes dormant when the employee is unfit for work for more than 104 weeks....more
What's in a name? Return to work was a return to employee's old role - In ICTS (UK) Ltd v Visram the Court of Appeal confirmed that an employee was entitled to receive long term disability benefit until he was able to...more
If it ain't broke – removing extended absence trigger a failure to make a reasonable adjustment - Removing an extended sickness absence trigger point from an employee with ME/ chronic fatigue syndrome was a failure to make...more
From October 30, 2019, heavy penalties will apply to labor hire providers who operate without a license and to businesses that use unlicensed labor hire providers in Victoria. Similar schemes apply in Queensland (since 2018)...more
With some Canada Labour Code (CLC) amendments in Bill C-44, the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (Bill 44) having come into force in 2017 and earlier in 2019, some additional amendments in Bill C-44 came into force as...more
A massive overhaul of the Canada Labour Code (CLC) is pending, with significant amendments coming into force on September 1, 2019, just prior to the Canadian federal election in October....more
New Care Leave for Parents of Children with Cancer - New Legislation Enacted - On June 4, 2019, Mexico’s department of labor (STPS for its acronym in Spanish) published a Decree in the Official Gazette of the...more
In the brave new world of online dating, it’s an increasingly common problem: you hit it off with someone right away – the first date goes well, perhaps the second one does too! You think you’ve moved past that awkward...more
Japan is known as a country that prizes and exemplifies hard work. While there are significant benefits to this worth ethic, excessive work habits create problems for the country as well. ...more
Several changes in labour and employment law have recently been implemented in several Canadian provinces. Below is a summary of the key changes to provincial legislation in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec that...more