The Ontario and federal governments announced on February 16, 2016 that they have reached an agreement regarding the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) and improving pensions for Canadians. With contributions originally set to begin next year, th...
Read More →I wrote last year about the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision in the case of Keenan v. Canac Kitchens (a link to same can be found here: http://www.employmentandlabour.com/?s=Canac). Last week the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the S...
Read More →On January 26, 2016, additional design details of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) were released by the Ontario government. The government reconfirmed its commitment to implement the ORPP beginning January 1, 2017, ensuring that by 2020, ev...
Read More →Employers who undertake reductions in force due to financial difficulties should not count on employee notice periods being reduced as a result of the financial troubles. This point was recently emphasized by the Ontario Court of Appeal in the decisi...
Read More →Until recently, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”) would deliver a Human Rights Application to whomever the Applicant listed as the Employer’s contact person. That person, possibly the Applicant’s supervisor or manager, was...
Read More →Satisfaction and Engagement Surveys Many employers employ quantitative and qualitative tools to measure employee engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. As 2015 draws to a close, and we reflect on the events of the previous year and plan for 2016...
Read More →On December 1, 2015, Ontario passed the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, (the “Act”) which will have concrete implications for the ways in which employers conduct criminal background checks, and the information that will be made available to ...
Read More →In 2013 the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found that the University of British Columbia had discriminated against Dr. Carl Kelly when it dismissed him from its Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Kelly was awarded damages, including, signif...
Read More →The Ontario Government recently introduced Bill 132, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to sexual violence, sexual harassment, domestic violence and related matters as a response to the Government’s “It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to ...
Read More →With a new federal Liberal government coming into office on November 4, 2015, what does this mean for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP)? That’s the question on the minds of many employers and workers in Ontario. As part of its campaign pla...
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