As of June 1, employers in Quebec became responsible for ensuring that all written communications to employees are in French. The new law delineates the circumstances when English is a permitted option.... Read more »
?When law firm Levitt Sheikh recalled their employees to the office in June 2020, there was initially some resistance. It was early in the pandemic, and many law firms in the Toronto... Read more »
?Generally speaking, the more decisions are left to their discretion, the more businesses—and their human resource professionals—like it. But the recent elimination of COVID-19-era mask requirements for most Canadian workplaces may have... Read more »
?On June 2, British Columbia’s (BC’s) Bill 10—2022: Labor Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022, received Royal Assent and took effect. Under the new amendments, the BC Labor Relations Code allows single-step certification of unions when the union... Read more »
?On April 21, the Alberta government introduced Bill 17, the Labor Statutes Amendment Act, 2022, which expands leaves under the Employment Standard Code (the ESC), effective May 31. Bill 17 also amends the Labor Relations Code to... Read more »
?Ontario will become the first province in Canada later this year to require employers to disclose electronic monitoring policies to their employees working at the office, in the field or at home.... Read more »
?On Jan. 1, the British Columbia government introduced a new paid sick leave as an amendment to the British Columbia Employment Standards Act. As set out in a previous article, the new provisions to... Read more »
?British Columbia’s (B.C.’s) privacy legislation has typically meant that employers have avoided or limited the collection of demographic data from applicants and employees. However, the province’s recent introduction of the Anti-Racism Data... Read more »
The Global Business Mobility visa route represents a major overhaul of the immigration system for businesses bringing in foreign workers. So what’s changed and how has the sponsor system been adapted? The... Read more »
IBM has been accused of attempting to force out older workers in order to shift the age profile of its workforce. The post Age discrimination: IBM accused of calling older staff ‘dinobabies’... Read more »
