The Government of Canada has proposed amendments to the federal Access to Information Act (ATIA) with the stated goal of improving public access to government records. Access to Information advocates have been calling for an overhaul of the … Continue Reading
Alberta expands job-protected leave in broad reform of Employment Standards Code
Alberta employers will soon have to adapt to longer employee absences.
The Alberta government has introduced a broad reform of the Alberta Employment Standards Code (The “Code”). The revisions to the legislation governing non-unionized employees in Alberta was given royal … Continue Reading
Alberta updates labour laws with amendments to the Labour Relations Code
Alberta’s Labour Relations Code (the “Code”) was last updated in 1988, and with a new provincial government formed in 2015, it should have come as no surprise that a review of Alberta’s labour laws would occur. Between March 13 and … Continue Reading
Federal government delays private right of action under CASL
Our previous alert about important changes to Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL) outlined two developments that were to come into force on July 1, 2017:
- The end of the transition period under CASL, during which organizations could rely on deemed implied
Negative employee reference given honestly and in good faith does not constitute defamation, Ontario court finds
In Papp v. Stokes et al, 2017 ONSC 2357, plaintiff Adam Papp was terminated without cause after working for Stokes Economic Consulting (“Stokes”) for approximately two years and eight months. Shortly after being informed of his termination, Mr. Papp … Continue Reading
Ontario releases Changing Workplaces Review final report
Employers should expect possible changes to employment standards legislation and labour relations legislation.
The Special Advisors to the Ontario government’s Changing Workplaces Review have released their Final Report. The Final Report proposes 173 amendments to the Employment Standards Act, … Continue Reading
Employee misconduct and social media
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 of employee misconduct outside the … Continue Reading
Federal Budget 2017: how to plan for changes to parental employment insurance benefits
On March 22, 2017, the federal government tabled the 2017-2018 federal budget. The budget not only included an increase in employment insurance premiums (increasing by $0.05 to $1.68 per every $100 of insurable earnings), but also included a proposal to … Continue Reading
Canada’s first look at proxy access shareholder proposals
Shareholders of the Toronto-Dominion Bank (“TD Bank”) and the Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) voted in the last few weeks on shareholder proposals made to confer additional proxy access rights to shareholders in the nomination of directors to the respective … Continue Reading
Mitigating damages is an employee’s duty, but employers should help
In the employment context, the duty to mitigate requires employees who have been terminated with or without notice to take all reasonable steps to minimize losses suffered as a result of the end of employment. Mitigation applies in the context … Continue Reading
