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2024 Summer Olympics Series: France

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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games begin Friday, July 26. To celebrate this international event, Littler offices around the globe will share key changes in labor and employment laws that have transpired since the last time their...more

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UK: What Do Labour's Current Employment Law Proposals Mean for Employers?

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As the UK general election, which must happen before the end of January 2025, approaches, we delve into the potential implications of a Labour government on employment law in Great Britain (Note, employment law is devolved to...more

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Canada: Another Arbitrator Considers Interaction Between Canada Labour Code Leave Entitlements and Other Leave Entitlements

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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

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Canada Labour Code: Arbitrator Permits Employer to Offset Entitlement to Statutory Paid Sick Days against Employer-Provided...

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In the recent United Steelworkers Local 14193 v Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Inc., 2023 CanLII 115899 (CA LA) decision (“Cameco Fuel Manufacturing”), the arbitrator allowed a federal employer to deduct an entitlement to Canada...more

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Argentina’s new president issues emergency decree on labour matters

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In November 2023, the economist Javier Milei was elected as the new president of Argentina. He took office in December 2023. One of his first measures was to issue an emergency decree that included a chapter dealing with...more

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UK Trade Union Round-up: Union Powers Take a Hit as 2023 Comes to a Close

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There have been more developments in the trade union world since our last trade union round-up just a few months ago, none of which are likely to be particularly welcome by trade unions. In this article we look at three key...more

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Ontario, Canada Appellate Court Finds National Day of Mourning to Honour Memory of Queen Elizabeth II Not a Paid Holiday under...

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In Ottawa Police Services Bd. v. Ottawa Police Assn., 2023 ONSC 6225, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) (Ont. SCJ (Div. Ct.)) quashed an arbitrator’s decision allowing two grievances that claimed...more

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The Wild West: Alberta Labour Board Orders Suspension of Union Dues for Wildcat Strike

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In the decision of Alberta Health Services v the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, 2023 CanLII 61927 (“AHS v AUPE”), the Alberta Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a one-month suspension of union dues...more

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Employment Flash - April 2023

In our latest edition of Employment Flash, we examine developments over the past three months, including the NLRB’s ruling regarding employees’ labor law rights in severance agreements, a Supreme Court decision that upheld...more

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Ontario, Canada Arbitrator Finds Employer Did Not Violate Collective Agreements by Not Recognizing National Day of Mourning as...

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In a recent decision under the Labor Relations Act, 1995, Arbitrator Adam Beatty dismissed four union grievances concerning the National Day of Mourning, which was declared following the death of Queen Elizabeth. The grievors...more

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Unions Mourn British Columbia Arbitrator’s Decision That Queen’s National Day of Mourning Was Not a Statutory Holiday

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A Labour Arbitrator decided that the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was not a statutory holiday under five private sector collective agreements in British Columbia. In Construction Labour...more

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Ontario, Canada Introduces Bill Prohibiting Strike by School Board Employees Represented by CUPE

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UPDATE: On November 3, 2022, Bill 28, Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022, received Royal Assent. On October 31, 2022, in an unprecedented bid to prevent school board employees represented by the Canadian Union of Public...more

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COVID-19 - NUMSA v SAA – The death knell to successful business rescue?

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On Friday, 8 May 2020, the Labour Court upheld an urgent application by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (the Unions) against South African Airways (SAA) and its...more

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