On 26 April 2024 a new law amending the Labour Code to reduce the weekly working hours limit from 45 to 40 hours will go into effect. The reduction applies to all jobs regulated by the Labour Code. It will enter into force...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
BACKGROUND - On April 16, 2019, the United Conservative Party (UCP) won Alberta’s provincial election and went on to form a majority government. Several of the UCP’s campaign promises involved reversing changes made to...more