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Ontario requiring naloxone kits in certain at-risk workplaces
April 3, 2023
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Publications - Canadian HRReporter
How To Avoid Bad Faith Damage Awards
March 22, 2023
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Newsletters - Lexpert Magazine
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Newsletters - Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Former employee ordered to pay back employer after time tracking software demonstrates time theft
December
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Briefing Notes - Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Bill C-228: Pension Protection Act to increase priority of pensioners in bankruptcy and insolvency
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
April 28, 2023
| Keith P. Burkhardt
On April 18, 2023, Canada’s Senate passed Bill C-228, the Pension Protection Act. Should it become law (which is expected to occur later in 2023), Bill C-228 will impact the order of payments to creditors in the event an employer becomes bankrupt or insolvent, such that certain liabilities arising from a defined-benefit pension plan will be paid ahead of other creditors.
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
April 26, 2023
| Erin R. Kuzz
| Zack Lebane
A recent arbitration decision, successfully argued by our own Erin Kuzz and Zack Lebane, upheld the dismissal of hospital employees for continued refusal to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.
The arbitrator’s finding, that the employer was justified in requiring employees to be vaccinated and that it was reasonable to place unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave of absence, is consistent with the rulings in many earlier COVID-19 vaccination arbitration decisions. However, no prior Ontario arbitration decision had upheld dismissal as a consequence of failure to vaccinate (in other words, just cause to terminate). As such, this decision will have significant implications for other health care employers who may have terminated employees under a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
March 21, 2023
| Sherrard Kuzz LLP
On March 20, 2023, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 79, the Working for Workers Act, 2023. If enacted, Bill 79 will amend various work-related statutes including, the Employment Standards Act, 2000, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act, 2009, Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997, and the Ontario Works Act, 1997.
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
March 10, 2023
| Jeffrey Stewart
Death by opioid overdose is an epidemic throughout communities and, in some cases, workplaces. Effective June 1, 2023, Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) will require certain workplaces to have a Naloxone kit in the workplace. Ontario is the first and, thus far, only jurisdiction in Canada to require this. Should other jurisdictions follow suit, we will keep our readers apprised.
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
March 08, 2023
| Sherrard Kuzz LLP
On March 6, 2023, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (“ONCA”) released its decision striking down Bill 307 as unconstitutional. The Bill, introduced by the Province of Ontario, placed spending limits on third-party political advertising for a full year prior to an election taking place. ONCA held the Bill infringed the right to vote as protected under section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”). ONCA gave the province 12 months to prepare Charter compliant legislation.
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
March 03, 2023
| Sherrard Kuzz LLP
On June 23, 2023, amendments to section 45 of the Competition Act will come into force prohibiting an employer from entering into a mutual “no poach” agreement to not solicit or hire employees from another employer, or to wage fix to control salaries, wages, or terms of employment. The prohibitions do not apply to an agreement between affiliated employers – i.e., corporate entities controlled by the same parent company.
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
February 06, 2023
| Kemi Faneye
Effective January 1, 2023, certain business consultants and information technology consultants are exempt from Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 20001 (the “ESA”). This means they are not eligible for minimum wage, overtime pay, leaves of absence, termination pay and all other ESA related benefits and entitlements.
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Briefing Notes - Lexpert Magazine
January 26, 2023
| Sherrard Kuzz LLP
One of the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is that many organizations have embraced a hybrid or fully remote work arrangement. The attached cross-Canada guide, prepared by the Canadian law firm members of the Employment Law Alliance, and our colleagues at Thorsteinssons LLP (tax lawyers), provides a practical overview of select employment, labour-related, and tax considerations for employers with remote workers residing in a province, even if the employer has no office or other corporate presence in that province.
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