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In M & P Drug Mart Inc. v. Norton, 2022 ONCA 398, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) dismissed an employer’s appeal of an application judge’s decision that a non-competition clause...

Immigration experts say helping skilled newcomers find work — especially foreign-trained health-care workers — needs to be a bigger priority for the main parties in the Ontario election.

The rise of "gig" workers (i.e. independent workers paid by task or project) has, in recent years, drawn attention to the issue of the classification of workers as "employees",...

Partner Richelle Pollard says similar legislation could apply to federally regulated workplaces

Last month, Ontario became the first province to pass a new transparency law requiring companies to establish policies to tell their employees if and how they are being electronically monitored while at work, a topic that has become more prevalent as much of the workforce has moved to remote work.

In Manitoba, effective May 1, 2022, employers must comply with new Accessibility Standard for Employment. Employers with fifty or more employees in Manitoba must have a written policy in place to ensure compliance with those standards.

Employers in Ontario and Manitoba have important compliance deadlines in May and June 2022. In Manitoba, effective as of May 1, 2022, employers must comply with the new...

Among other things, Ontario's Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021, which became law on December 2, 2021, amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 to prohibit current and prospective employers from entering into an employment contract ...

Les memembres du gouvernement omt pris note que les autorites vont maintenir le Consumer Protection (Maximum Price of Essential Goods) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 sur sept priduits essientiels jusqu'au 30 juin 2020, que le prix maison

On April 11, 2022, the Ontario government’s Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022 (“Bill 88”), received royal assent. Earlier this year, we wrote about Bill 88 on this blog, when...