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Ontario Employers Now Required to Have Written Electronic Monitoring Policies

Under the Working for Workers’ Act, every covered Ontario employer with twenty-five or more employees is now required to have a written electronic monitoring policy that complies with Part XI.1 of the Employment Standards...more

Ontario Enacts Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022

On April 11, 2022, Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022, received Royal Assent in Ontario, thus enacting the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022. The act also...more

Ontario’s Employment Laws: Several Significant Changes Coming Under Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, 2021

On November 30, 2021, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, 2021. Bill 27 amends a number of statutes, including the Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. ...more

Ontario Superior Court of Justice Refuses to Apply Waksdale for Negotiated Employment Agreement

In Rahman v Cannon Design Architecture Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld termination provisions that appeared to be in violation of the minimum standards prescribed by the Employment Standards Act, 2000...more

Ontario Court Finds Non-Ontario Payrolls Count Toward Severance Threshold

In its recent ruling in Hawkes v Max Aicher (North America) Limited, 2021 ONSC 4290, the Ontario Divisional Court ruled on an application for judicial review that the entire payroll of an employer that terminates the...more

Ontario Court Protects Right of Employers to Put Employees on COVID-19 Leave Without Triggering Dismissal

In order to address the economic impact of COVID-19 on Ontario’s businesses, in June 2020 the Ontario government created a special leave called “infectious disease emergency leave” (IDEL) through Ontario Regulation 228/20 (O....more

Ontario Government Passes Regulation to Create Flexibility in the Hospitality, Tourism and Trade Show Industries

On December 17, 2020, the government of the Province of Ontario enacted Regulation 764/20, which will permit unions and employers in the hospitality, tourism, and trade show industries to negotiate for greater flexibility in...more

Ontario Government Extends COVID-19 Period Until July 3, 2021

The Ontario government recently enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, which created an “infectious disease emergency leave” for employees who are off work due to COVID-19. As a result of a very recent regulation, Ontario...more

Ontario Government Passes New Regulation on COVID-19 Layoffs

According to Statistics Canada, two in five employers in Canada have reduced hours or laid off one or more employees since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. One of the risks associated with those difficult decisions is a...more

Bill 66 Poised to Bring Additional Employer-Friendly Changes to Ontario

On December 6, 2018, the government of Ontario unveiled Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018. The bill is designed to reduce the regulatory and financial burden of operating a business in a number of areas,...more

Back to the Future With Ontario’s Bill 47 to Repeal Bill 148 Workplace Reforms

The laws governing Ontario workplaces have been subject to seismic changes throughout the past year. First, Bill 148, passed by the then-Liberal government ahead of a provincial election, provided significant increases to...more

Highlights of the Alberta Employment Standards Code Update

The province of Alberta, Canada, enacted significant revisions to its Employment Standards Code effective January 1, 2018, overhauling its foundational employment laws for the first time in almost 30 years. Canadian...more

Critical Canada Update: What You Need to Know About Changes to Ontario’s Labor and Employment Laws

On November 22, 2017, the Ontario government passed the much anticipated Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, which will result in significant changes to Ontario’s labour and employment landscape. The Act...more

Mass Terminations—What Ontario Employers Need to Think About When Restructuring or Reducing Their Workforces

When discharging employees, it pays to be prepared. This is especially so when an employer is considering a large-scale restructuring....more

Why Ontario Employers Should Take Another Look at Who They Treat as Exempt From Overtime

One of the most common problems employers face in today’s workplace—where technology and the demand for employee responsiveness blur the line between work and non-work time—is determining which employees are entitled to be...more

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