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Fine of $750,000 for criminal negligence causing death in workplace accident

September 1, 2013

In a groundbreaking decision involving the sentencing of corporations under the Criminal Code, the Ontario Court of Appeal imposed a…

Federal Court clarifies protections afforded to employees under the Canada Labour Code – rejects adjudicator’s conclusion that CLC only permits dismissal for cause

August 1, 2013

A recent judicial review decision of the Federal Court rejects the notion that section 240 of the Canada Labour Code…

Deadline of July 1, 2013 approaching for jointly-sponsored and multi-employer pension plans to opt out of new "grow-in" benefit rules

June 1, 2013

Effective July 1, 2012, the Ontario Pension Benefits Act (the “PBA”) was amended to entitle pension plan members to “grow-in”…

Random alcohol testing in the workplace an unreasonable exercise of management rights – Supreme Court of Canada

June 1, 2013

On June 14, 2013 the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada,…

Ontario proposes three new categories of unpaid job-protected leave – Family Caregiver Leave, Critically Ill Child Care Leave, and Crime-Related Child Death and Disappearance Leave

March 1, 2013

On March 5, the Ontario government introduced Bill 21, the Employment Standards Amendment Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2013 which,…

Federal Court upholds Tribunal decisions - child care obligations fall within "family status" under Canadian Human Rights Act

March 1, 2013

The Federal Court recently upheld two groundbreaking decisions of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal relating to discrimination on the basis…

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Fine of $750,000 for criminal negligence causing death in workplace accident

Federal Court clarifies protections afforded to employees under the Canada Labour Code – rejects adjudicator’s conclusion that CLC only permits dismissal for cause

Deadline of July 1, 2013 approaching for jointly-sponsored and multi-employer pension plans to opt out of new "grow-in" benefit rules

Random alcohol testing in the workplace an unreasonable exercise of management rights – Supreme Court of Canada

Ontario proposes three new categories of unpaid job-protected leave – Family Caregiver Leave, Critically Ill Child Care Leave, and Crime-Related Child Death and Disappearance Leave

Federal Court upholds Tribunal decisions - child care obligations fall within "family status" under Canadian Human Rights Act

Adjudicator rejects non-union employees' “right to the job” under Canada Labour Code

Court of Appeal rejects employers' expanded obligation to report critical and fatal injuries under the OHSA

Supreme Court of Canada rules employees have reasonable expectation of privacy in workplace computers

Ontario introduces new round of austerity measures – wage freezes for broader public sector

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