Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Canada as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Canada: Federal minimum wage to rise to $16.65 per hour on 1 April 2023
With effect from 1st April 2023, the federal minimum hourly wage will be set at C$16 …
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Canada: Quebec minimum wage is set to rise to $15.25 during May 2023
The increase from the current $14 …
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Canada: Government extends and expands open work permits for Hong Kong residents
Hong Kong residents and passport holders who have graduated within the past 10 years from a post-secondary learning institution in Canada (or abroad) are now eligible to apply for an open work permit …
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Canada: $55,000 Punitive and moral damages award underscores importance of proper termination practices
Employers should take note of many easily avoidable mistakes when dismissing employees on redundancy grounds who have otherwise had a record of good service …
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Canada: Employment insurance sickness benefits increase to 26 weeks
Employment insurance sickness benefits have risen from 15 to 26 weeks a year …
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Canada: BC court weighs in on whether mandatory unpaid leave for non-vaccinated employees constitutes constructive dismissal
BC Supreme Court determines that unpaid leave for unvaccinated employee is not a constructive dismissal …
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Canada: Wrongful dismissal results in employer paying over $1M in LTD
The finding that an employee was due notice also triggered an expensive disability claim …
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Canada: SCC dismisses appeal regarding tax treatment of donated employee stock options under Quebec’s Taxation Act
Supreme Court decides that donated stock options were taxable employment income …
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Canada: Court sets aside judgement reducing employee’s reasonable notice period for failure to mitigate
Mitigation of loss by a terminated employee – how far does the logic go? In Canada, an employee is required to mitigate their financial loss when they lose their job by looking for other work – thereby reducing the damages that can be sought for the termination …
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Canada: New minimum worker age rules coming in British Columbia
Commencing 1st January 2023, new minimum age requirements will be in effect in British Columbia for hazardous work …
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Canada: New paid sick leave provisions in the Labour Code entering into force
From 31st December 2022, Federally regulated private sector employees who have been continuously employed for at least 30 days will have access to their first three days of paid sick leave …
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Canada: Bill 41 passes into law
BC Bill 41, which introduces changes to the Workers Compensation Act, has received Royal Assent …
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