In what can only be described as a victory for common sense, an arbitrator recently upheld the discharge of a 27 year employee who was found responsible for spiking the office water cooler with chlorine bleach.
On September 12, 2011, an employee reported to his supervisor that the water from the
Read More →On June 19, 2017, the Governor General signed Bill C-16 into law, amending the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code. Here’s what you need to know about the changes:
Canadian Human Rights Act
The Canadian Human Rights Act applies to federally-regulated employers and service providers, such as banks, airlines, and
Read More →If you’re an employer or administrator of an Ontario-registered pension plan, you’ll be interested to know that the Financial Services Commission of Ontario recently published a detailed report on the filings of Statement of Investment Policies and Procedures (SIPPs) in Ontario (the “Report”). The Report which was published at the
Read More →A helpful change to Ontario pension law has come into effect, coincident with the arrival of patio season. It is a refreshing tonic that will help administrators deal with pension plan members who are difficult to locate.
Until now, the obligation to send pension statements to former and retired plan members
Read More →Yesterday the Ontario Deputy Superintendent of Pensions released a formal statement that included the comment: “these are interesting times in the pension sector.” How true.
Many long-anticipated improvements to Ontario pension legislation, regulation and policies are finally coming into force. The pension regulator will have more specific, helpful powers to target
Read More →The countdown is on.
Over the weekend the Toronto Star and the CBC each published stories detailing what Ontarians can expect to see in the long awaited final report from the Changing Workplaces Review when it is released later this month. Citing unnamed government sources, the media outlets report
Read More →Pension plan sponsors and administrators have much to anticipate with the release of the 2017 Ontario Budget: A Stronger, Healthier Ontario (Budget) on April 27, 2017. The Budget provides updates to several pension reform initiatives that many stakeholders have been waiting for, as well as new proposals aimed at benefiting
Read More →Are you an employer who is uncertain about what you should be doing to prepare for the changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)? This guide will help you.
The changes were announced by the federal government a year ago, and formal rules became law at the end of 2016. Unlike
Read More →In a recent decision, the Honourable Justice Marrocco of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice denied the request of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 and Robert Kinnear (the “Applicants”) to restrain the TTC from conducting the random drug and alcohol testing of its employees.
The random testing applies to TTC
Read More →A series of Ontario cases dating back to 2012 has put into issue the question of what does, or doesn’t, make a termination provision enforceable. After a number of recent employer-friendly decisions, the Ontario Court of Appeal has weighed in with a decision that contains some good news, and some
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Canadian National Occupational Classification
Pay Equity Commission
US – Standard Occupational Classification