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Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will rise to $15 an hour on Oct. 1, 2024. The province said that, in 2022, it indicated it would make “incremental” increases to the wage rate …

Defence Minister Bill Blair announced significant updates regarding cultural reforms within the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) on Thursday. The reforms are in response …

Two workers have been awarded about $233,000 in back pay after a bid by their employer to pay part of their salaries in a company-created cryptocurrency was rejected by the …

The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has quashed a decision that found the former superintendent of schools at the Sturgeon Pubic School Division guilty of gross mismanagement. The court determined …

Two significant regulatory changes impacting employers in Ontario are in effect as of July 1, 2024 — including protections for vulnerable workers and immigration tweaks designed to tackle labour shortages …

B.C.’s International Credentials Recognition Act is now in force — with the legislation taking effect on July 1, 2024. The new legislation aims to simplify the process for skilled workers …

What happens when an employee agrees to an employment contract only to receive a second document hours later with new terms on termination and non-competition? This scenario recently unfolded at …

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is intensifying its efforts to recover overpayments from various COVID-19 benefit programs, including the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), and …

A former call centre employee at a global retail chain is not entitled to Employment Insurance (EI) benefits after he was fired for “highly problematic behaviours towards customers,” the Social …

A former body shop technician at Carstar Downsview has been awarded more than $23,000 in a wrongful dismissal case by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s Small Claims Court. That …