Employment and Labour

Unpaid leave for failure to comply with vaccination policy not constructive dismissal: Alberta Employment Standards Appeal Body

Briana MacEachern and Adam Rempel examine how two recent decisions from the Alberta Employment Standards Appeal Body bolster earlier jurisprudence...

Ontario’s Bill 27: a new licensing regime for recruiters and temporary help agencies

Ontario’s Bill 27 introduced new licensing and record-keeping requirements for recruiters and temporary help agencies, many of which came into...

Bill C-13: Parliament enacts the Use of French in Federally Regulated Private Businesses Act

Last month, Bill C-13, which makes several changes to strengthen, protect and promote the French language, received royal assent. We discuss how it...

Wage fixing and no-poach provisions in the Competition Act: backgrounder and frequently asked questions

On June 23, 2023, the criminal no-poach and wage fixing provisions added to the Competition Act (Act) in June 2022 will come into effect. The...

Trending towards transparency: British Columbia passes pay transparency legislation

Last month, British Columbia passed Bill 13, the 2023 Pay Transparency Act, aimed at reducing the gender pay gap in the province. We look at the key...

Give it back! Issues for Canadian companies to consider now in light of pending U.S. compensation clawback rules to become effective later this year

Canadian issuers listed on a U.S. stock exchange must adopt or revise their policies and practices...

New tort of harassment in Alberta

Justice Colin Feasby of the Court of King’s Bench established a new tort of harassment in the province of Alberta through his decision in Alberta...

Wage fixing and no-poach provisions in the Competition Act: backgrounder and frequently asked questions

The Competition Bureau has released its much-anticipated official guidance on new provisions relating to criminal wage fixing and no-poaching.

Clarity on vaccine mandates and other issues for employers in 2022

As we anticipated last year, in 2022 many employers focused their energy and attention on navigating the continued return of their employees to their...