A woman who travelled from British Columbia to stay with her husband in Seattle is disentitled to employment insurance benefits for three of the five days she spent outside Canada, …
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B.C. court stays accountant’s dismissal claim against AirCFO, says Ohio is proper forum
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has stayed a wrongful dismissal action brought by a British Columbia accountant against a U.S.-based company, finding the court lacked jurisdiction and that Ohio …
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Mastronardi Produce wrongful dismissal case on hold amid U.S. court order
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has temporarily adjourned a wrongful dismissal case involving greenhouse produce company Mastronardi Produce, after a U.S. court order blocked a former employee from… Free Membership …
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A proposed Minnesota law would require large employers to give workers at least 90 days notice before replacing them with artificial intelligence and pay for their retraining during that period. …
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Opinion/Commentary
The war on DEI reflects the quiet normalization of white nationalism — in the U.S. and beyond
By Henry Giroux Political theorist Hannah Arendt warned that authoritarian politics rarely begin with spectacles of repression. More often, authoritarianism advances through routine administrative decisions that appear technical or neutral …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
U.S. poultry workers win nearly $400 million in landmark wage-fixing settlement
A U.S. federal judge has granted final approval of a landmark settlement worth more than $398 million (all figures U.S.) against 18 of America’s leading poultry producers, ending a class …
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Opinion/Commentary
The U.S. Supreme Court’s tariff ruling shows American checks and balances are still at work
By Ian Lee As we approach the halfway point of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second — and constitutionally last — term in office, Canadian polls reveal an increasingly dark and …
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PREMIUM Ontario court upholds jurisdiction over U.S. firms in fraudulent conveyance case
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HRTO rejects sexual harassment claim filed nearly 4 years after termination
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a sexual harassment and discrimination application filed almost four years after the alleged incidents, finding the applicant failed to provide a goo… …
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Opinion/Commentary
How the U.S. Supreme Court might protect the Fed’s independence by using employment law in Trump v. Cook
By Elizabeth C. Tippett Most of the Trump administration’s legal disputes involving the firing of high-level officials deal with the scope of presidential power. On Jan. 21, 2026, the U.S. …

