Source: Government of Canada Editor’s note: The following text is taken from the 2023 federal budget. The ability to form a union, bargain collectively, and strike is essential to a …
Yearly Archives
2023
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Federal budget: Protecting jobs with timely access to work-sharing programs
Source: Government of Canada Editor’s note: The following text is taken from the 2023 federal budget. When businesses struggle, it can be difficult for them to keep staff on payroll. …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Federal budget tackles gig economy with prohibition against misclassification under Canada Labour Code
Source: Government of Canada Editor’s note: The following text is taken from the 2023 federal budget. When workers are engaged in a typical employer-employee relationship, but are misclassified as something …
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Ahead of the game or falling behind? Canada’s readiness for a borderless, global workforce
By Sunil Johal, University of Toronto Three years ago, nearly five million Canadians suddenly shifted to working remotely at the outset of the pandemic. While some workers have returned to …
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FeaturedMental HealthPrivacy
Alberta woman awarded workers’ comp for psychological injury caused by employer’s email forwarding
An Alberta woman has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits for psychological injury after her employer forwarded her email to a colleague without her knowledge. The 70-year-old woman was the ma… …
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By Wim Vandekerckhove, EDHEC Business School; Nadia Smaili, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and Paulina Arroyo Pardo, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Whistleblower rights are on the rise, …
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By DLA Piper DLA Piper (Canada) LLP welcomes back Elise Cartier as an associate to the Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations group in our Calgary office. Elise practices general civil litigation, …
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Legal News
Cozen O’Connor taps litigator Andrea Piercy to lead its Canadian employment law practice expansion
By Cozen O’Connor On March 27, Cozen O’Connor announced attorney Andrea Piercy, a prominent Vancouver-based employment law litigator with more than a decade of experience resolving complex disputes in and out of …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedOccupational Health & Safety
Laurentian University’s response to antisemitic email to Jewish professor was appropriate: Arbitrator
Laurentian University’s overall response to a hateful antisemitic email sent to a Jewish professor by a member of the public was appropriate, an arbitrator has ruled. The professor took issue …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Government extends temporary measures under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
By Employment and Social Development Canada Canada’s economic recovery and critical labour shortages in key sectors are driving higher demand for workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). In …