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The House and Senate were both in session this week, with healthcare activity continuing at the committee level. The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on the Pandemic...

Association Health Plans Act, would allow small business and independent contractors to join association health plans as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Update on Braidwood Case Regarding ACA Coverage of Preventive Medicines. Medicaid Beneficiaries Right to Sue

On June 3, President Biden signed the debt limit legislation into law, averting default and allowing Congress to return to regularly scheduled business. However, that return was...

'Ontario is in the middle of an opioid epidemic, and every one of these deaths is preventable'

US Lawmakers Call to Modernize OSHA as Hundreds Die on the Job Each Day - “Reintroduced federal legislation pushes to expand Osha coverage in 24 states not currently...

The Ontario government is now requiring at-risk employers to ensure their workplaces have a life-saving naloxone kit on hand and workers trained on how to

The decision of the British Columbia, Canada Civil Resolution Tribunal (Tribunal) in Besse v. Reach CPA Inc., 2023 BCCRT 27 is especially relevant now that remote work has become...

On May 23 in Toronto, Monte McNaughton, the Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development announced that Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) is the first professional association in the province to remove the Canadian work experience requirement from their application criteria. The minister says removing the Canadian work experience requirement will help qualified professionals

Proposed legislation in Ontario to remove barriers for skilled immigrants with ban on regulated professions within the province from requiring Canadian work experience

- Professional Engineers Ontario first regulated profession to remove Canadian experience requirement following provincial legislation - The Ontario government