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Manitoba employers will face new restrictions on when they can ask workers to produce sick notes, under legislation the province passed in early June. The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act …

Manitoba employees who adopt a child or use a surrogate now have the right to take up to 16 weeks of unpaid leave under a new amendment to the province’s …

New Brunswick’s Department of Finance and Treasury Board has released a report with recommendations to improve access to information, strengthen privacy protections and modernize right-to-information … Free Membership Required To …

The Information Commissioner of Canada has found that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) failed to properly search for records related to the ArriveCAN application when it responded to access …

By Brett McKay | Investigative Journalism Foundation British Columbia and Ontario have enacted laws that extend some protections to gig workers, and platform giants like Uber and DoorDa… Free Membership Required To continue reading, …

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has launched an independent review of the province’s workers’ compensation system and named a five-member committee to lead it. Provincial law requires the rev… Free …

New Brunswick’s Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour is reminding employers of the rules for hiring workers under 16 as students prepare for summer break. Under the Employment S… …

Weyerhaeuser Company Limited has been ordered to pay $355,000 after a worker died at a lumber mill near Grande Prairie, Alta. The company pleaded guilty on May 19 in the …

A fuel technician has been sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $10,000 plus a victim surcharge for fuel safety violations in Ontario. The Ontario Court of Justice handed …

The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission is mourning the death of Randy Dickinson, a longtime disability rights advocate who chaired the commission from 2010 to 2015 and served as a …