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Ontario proposes new legal framework for digital platform workers

Recently proposed legislation in Ontario would introduce new rights and protections for digital platform workers providing ride share, delivery and...

Bill 96 and business: How Québec’s proposals will affect its companies, employees and labour rights

Bill 96 and business: How Québec’s proposals will affect its companies, employees and labour rights.

Back to the office? New workplace norms expected to evolve in coming years

As we emerge from the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, employers are increasingly focused on establishing new workplace norms...

Alexandre Fallon on proposed changes to Québec’s Charter of the French Language – Lexpert TV

Osler’s Alexandre Fallon speaks to Lexpert TV about proposed changes to Québec’s Charter of the French Language and what it means to employers...

Ontario Superior Court of Justice dissolves injunction to stay terminations under hospital’s mandatory vaccination policy

The Court’s decision provides clarity for hospitals and other employers with unionized workforces as they implement vaccination policies, and...

Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act to come into force on October 19, 2021

In their Update, Osler authors Michael Watts, Susan Newell and Marty Putyra review the material issues corporations will need to consider when...

Exemptions from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies: key considerations for hospitals and healthcare organizations

While many hospitals and healthcare organizations in Ontario have implemented mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies, exemptions may be available...

Can employers mandate vaccines? Answering the biggest COVID-19 employment and labour law questions

Osler’s Shaun Parker and Adam Rempel on safety measures, vaccine mandates and privacy concerns as more employees return to the workplace in the...