Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Canada as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Canada: Ontario requiring employers to disclose electronic monitoring
The Government of Ontario has announced that it will introduce new legislation later this month that will require employers to tell their workers if, and how, they are being monitored electronically …
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Canada: BC introduces five days of paid sick leave for workers
Employers in British Columbia are now required to provide their eligible employees with up to 5 days paid sick leave per year …
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Canada: Anti-scabs and teleworking – CRH Canada Group challenges the court’s decision
A cement plant employer CRH Canada Group is appealing an “anti-scab” ruling by the Administrative Labour Tribunal in Quebec last November …
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Canada: Are your out-of-country employees governed by Québec’s Employment Standards?
Are employees who work remotely for a foreign company in Québec and provide services exclusively to those in a foreign country, covered by the Québec Labour Standards Act? An Administrative Tribunal has recently decided, on review, that in such a circumstance the employee concerned could not be considered to be covered by the Act as their employer had no valid establishment in the Province and the employee services clients outside the country …
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Canada: Ontario passes the working for workers act, 2021
The Ontario “Working For Workers Act 2021” introduces a wide range of new rights, limits and obligations for employers …
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Canada: Government proposes 10 days of paid medical leave for federally-regulated employees
Paid sick leave may soon be introduced for federally regulated private sector employees …
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Canada: Mandatory vaccination policy rejected by arbitrator
An arbitrator in Ontario has ordered an employer to refrain from operating a policy that obliges employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, or face possible termination …
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Canada: Supreme Court finds exclusive arbitral jurisdiction in Manitoba human rights disputes
Where a collective agreement has been concluded with inclusion of a clause requiring all disputes under it to be heard through arbitration, then any potentially competing body may not take over that dispute resolution role …
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Canada: BC Supreme Court weighs in on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment agreements
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has found that issuing multiple lay-offs with expected return dates prevented an employee from searching for alternative work and justified a longer ultimate notice period on final dismissal …
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Canada: 92% of minimum-wage earners don’t live in low-income households
The minimum wage was designed as a safety net to tackle poverty, but 92% of those who receive it do not live in poor households …
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Canada: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt board diversity report
The Law firm Isler, Hoskin & Harcourt have just published their latest annual company board diversity report …
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Canada: CCOHS launches app for workers to access COVID-19 workplace safety resources
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched the CCOHS Safe Work App …
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Canada: Eye protection against COVID-19 ordered by Ontario government
The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development has warned all employees that if they work outdoors and within two metres of an unmasked person, they should wear “appropriate eye protection” in addition to a mask …
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Canada: COVID-19 infectious disease emergency leave extended in Ontario until January 1, 2022
Ontario has extended the temporary modification of Employment Standards Act rules until January 2022 …
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Canada: Saskatchewan now requires proof of vaccination or negative test to enter certain establishments
A new law, now effective in Saskatchewan, requires proof of vaccination for entering certain businesses such as restaurants, bars, gyms and indoor event venues …
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