Effective June 1, 2022, British Columbia’s minimum wage increased from $15.20 to $15.65 per hour, the fifth annual increase since 2018. According to the Government of British Columbia, a minimum wage of $15.65 per
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On April 22, 2021, Bill 71: Employment Standards (COVID-19 Vaccination Leave) Amendment Act, 2021 (“Bill 71”) received royal assent to retroactively take effect starting April 21, 2021.
Bill 71 amends the Alberta Employment Standards Code
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On July 29, 2020, Bill 32: Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act, 2020 (“Bill 32”) received royal assent. Bill 32 brings a number of amendments to both the Alberta Employment Standards Code (“ESC”)
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On June 18, 2020, the Government of Alberta introduced Bill 24, the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (“Bill 24”). The purpose of Bill 24 was to validate an earlier regulation, the Employment
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On April 6, 2020, the Alberta government announced additional changes to Alberta’s Employment Standards Code (the “Code”) in an effort to ease hardships caused by COVID-19. The changes include the following:
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On March 17, 2020, the Alberta Employment Standards Code was amended by an Order in Council, to provide for a new 14 day unpaid leave for employees under quarantine (“Quarantine Leave”), which
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In Makela v. Horizon School Division No 67, 2019 ABQB 974, Master J.T. Prowse of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench dismissed an employee’s claim for wrongful dismissal arising out of a fixed-term employment
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Bill 30, which passed Third Reading on December 12, 2017, brings significant changes to Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (the “OHSA”). Many of the amendments to the OHSA under Bill 30 are effective
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As technology continues to blur the line between personal and professional life, employers increasingly find themselves dealing with the impact of social media on the employment relationship. Not only can social media activity provide evidence
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