Employment and Labour

Round-up: Surveying regulatory and other relief impacting pension and benefit plans in Canada (COVID-19 update)

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought rapid regulatory and legislative responses to provide relief to Canadian businesses and workers in many areas. In...

COVID-19: Potential implications for pensions and benefits

Pension plan members will be relying upon their employers for reassurance, and pension plan administrators will be expected to uphold their fiduciary...

Supreme Court of Canada opens door to liability for alleged human rights abuses abroad

On February 28, 2020, a five-justice majority of the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Canadian corporations can be sued in Canada for breaches of...

Supreme Court Majority alters framework for judicial reviews and statutory appeals

On December 19, 2019, the SCC issued its decisions in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov and Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney...

Canadian government introduces tax legislation applying to employee stock options granted on or after January 1, 2020

On June 17, 2019, the Canadian government tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion with proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act (Canada) to...

Important changes to Alberta’s workplace legislation

On May 27, 2019, Alberta's newly elected government executed an Order in Council, amending Alberta's Employment Standards Regulation by reducing the...

Supreme Court to hear arguments about enforceability of arbitration clauses

The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal in Uber Technologies Inc., et al. v. David Heller. At issue is an arbitration clause in the Uber driver...

Legal lessons in plan member communications

In her recent article “Legal lessons in plan member communications” published in Plans & Trusts, Jana Steele, a partner in Osler’s Pensions...