Canada Employment Law Archives

Statistics Canada: Unemployment Remains at 8.5 Per Cent
January 14, 2010
Prior information released by Statistics Canada in the last few months of 2009 suggested that the Canadian labour market had found a way to sustain th Read More...

Employer Entitled to 10 Months’ Notice: Court
January 13, 2010
In a 2009 decision, employees were ordered to pay $11.4 million for no notice of resignation and violation of fiduciary duties. Read more about the im Read More...

Minken Employment Lawyers Recognized in Canada’s Employment Lawyers Directory 2010
January 1, 2010
A comprehensive directory of the top employment law and immigration law practitioners across Canada.

Royal Assent Given to Bill 168: Workplace Violence and Harassment Policy
December 21, 2009
On December 15, 2009 the Government of Ontario gave Royal Assent to Bill 168, entitled An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with res Read More...

Employee’s Privacy Rights Using Employer’s Electronic Communication Equipment Before US Supreme Court
December 15, 2009
A United States case regarding the privacy of text messages sent by employees from their work cell phones is going before the U.S. Supreme Court. Alth Read More...

Supreme Court of Canada Unwilling to Apply Doctrine of Severance to Restrictive Covenants
December 5, 2009
Ambiguous terms in a restrictive covenant will not be remedied through notional severance and only narrowly through blue-pencil severance.

Amendments to the ESA, 2000: Assignment Employees Now Eligible for Termination and Severance Pay
November 9, 2009
The Ontario Government has passed an Act amending the current Employment Standards Act, 2000 by adding temporary employees or “assignment employees� Read More...

SCC Clarifies the Test for Undue Hardship
October 22, 2009
Hydro-Québec v. Syndicat des employé-e-s de techniques professionnelles et de bureau d'Hydro-Québec, section locale 2000 (SCFP-FTQ) – Supreme Cou Read More...

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