Indefinite protection for federal employee disabled by work-related injury
by Nicola Sutton When the employment relationship becomes impossible to perform because of a factor outside the control of a Canadian employer or employee, the employee’s employment can be terminated...
View ArticleChanges coming to union certification process for federally regulated employers
by Daniel Mayer On June 16, important changes regarding union certification and decertification for federally regulated employers in Canada will come into effect. The federally regulated sector...
View ArticleNew Defense Against Overtime Class Actions Confirmed
by Donovan Plomp McCarthy Tetrault The British Columbia Court of Appeal just issued an important decision about an employee’s right to make a statute-based overtime claim in a civil action. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court Decides Legal Costs in Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Case
By Hadiya Roderique The Supreme Court of Canada recently considered whether the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has the authority to award legal costs to a successful complainant. As we noted in an...
View ArticleAnother Gong Sounds for the End to Mandatory Retirement
By Ralph N. Nero and Keri L. Bennett Following the earlier lead of many Canadian provinces, the federal government has now outlawed mandatory retirement for federally regulated employers such as banks,...
View ArticleCanadian government enhances maternity leave benefits, proposes to strengthen...
by Clayton Jones On November 9, the federal government announced that changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) program relating to parental, maternity, and caregiving benefits will come into effect on...
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