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On November 24, 2022, Bill 41 – 2022: Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2022 (Bill 41), which introduced changes to British Columbia’s Workers Compensation Act, received Royal Assent. Effective January 1, 2024, Bill...more
On January 1, 2024, changes to British Columbia’s Workers Compensation Act, introducing a duty to accommodate and maintain employment for certain injured workers, came into effect. For details on the rest of the changes...more
On December 9, 2020, Alberta’s Bill 47, the Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020, received Royal Assent. The legislation replaces Alberta’s current Occupational Health and Safety Act in its entirety, and makes...more
Dans le cadre d’actions collectives putatives déposées relativement à des questions liées à l’emploi dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19, les demandeurs pourraient se buter à des obstacles procéduraux. En effet, dans...more
Putative class actions filed in connection with COVID-19 employment-related matters may face some obstacles in proceeding. Certain hurdles exist in the common law provinces in Canada that may prove insurmountable....more
Many employers utilize “no-fault” attendance polices, which provide that employees are subject to progressive discipline up to and including termination when they accumulate a specified number of absences within a certain...more
On October 7, 2015, we wrote about numerous changes that were being made to BC’s Workers Compensation Act (WCA) pursuant to Bill 9...more