Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Laurie Scott, announced Wednesday that the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (the “WSIB”) will be dropping employer premiums by 30% starting January 2019. The [...]

In a recent case, Wood v CTS of Canada Co., [Wood] the Ontario Court of Appeal clarified an employer’s obligations under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) when engaging in mass [...]

In a September 14 op-ed in the Financial Post, Ontario’s new Minister of Labour, Laurie Scott, reaffirmed that the Progressive Conservative government would not be implementing the planned [...]

Two recent cases out of Newfoundland add additional context to the question of whether and when employees may medicate with medicinal marijuana in the workplace.

Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”), employers and employees cannot contract out of an ESA minimum entitlement.

As most employers know, the Ontario Human Rights Code (the “Code”) prohibits employers from discriminating against any person with respect to their employment

The Federal Government of Canada has announced plans to introduce a new statutory holiday in recognition of the hardship