Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Canada as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Canada: New work opportunities for Canadian and South Korean young workers

The Korea-Canada Youth Mobility Program is set to begin operation in 2024 …

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Canada: Francophone Mobility Programme expanded

Canadian employers may now continue to offer jobs to eligible candidates with a moderate command of French for all National Occupation Classifications (except agriculture) for an additional two years …

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Canada: Studying becomes more accessible for temporary foreign workers

Previously, foreign workers could study whilst working, but only in programmes of 6 months or less …

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Canada: News blackout across the social media

A new controversial law will make it much more difficult to keep in touch with local current affairs …

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Canada: Quebec nears completion of privacy law implementation

When Quebec’s parliament enacted Law 25 in 2021 to introduce its framework of data protection provisions, it set a three-year roll out agenda …

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Canada: Red alert when pregnancy a factor in dismissal

A recent case before a Human Rights Tribunal in Alberta has shown that although the dismissal of a pregnant worker remains technically possible, the burden of proof concerning the decision to fire for ‘unrelated reasons’ is a tough hurdle to surmount …

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Canada: Exemptions under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (ESA)

The ESA has been amended to introduce an exemption for business and IT consultants …

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Canada: Bill S-211 now passed

A new law, likely to come into force next January, obliges Canadian companies to carry out due diligence down their supply chains to determine if forced labour has been used by any supplier …

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Canada: ESA savings clause does not save the illegal termination clause

: An employment contract’s unlawful right of termination not neutralised by a reference to the law …

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Canada: WorkSafeBC guideline aims to ensure proper fit of PPE for all workers, regardless of gender

The issue of ill-fitting personal protective equipment (PPE) is particularly pronounced for women in traditionally male-dominated industries, such as construction, mining and firefighting …

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Canada: Ontario – protection against withholding passports or permits

The Working for Workers Act, 2023, if passed, would establish the highest maximum fines in Canada for businesses and people who are convicted of withholding a foreign national’s passport, or work permit …

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Canada: Ontario minimum wage to increase in October 2023

The Ontario government is set to increase its minimum wage to CAD16 …

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Canada: British Columbia adopts new statutory holiday

The Province of British Columbia has made 30th September each year a statutory annual holiday – called the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation …

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Canada: Ontario employment standards act amendments

One change proposed will give home-workers the right to notice of mass terminations in line with those in the conventional workplace …

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Canada: What is an employer’s role when family violence occurs in the workplace?

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