Labour & Employment
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September 05, 2024
After navigating choppy waters, Alberta trumpets ‘collaborative’ new legal aid governance deal
A new five-year legal aid governance deal in Alberta appears to have calmed, at least for now, the choppy waters the provincial law society and Legal Aid Alberta (LAA) encountered in late June when the Alberta government abruptly changed its negotiating stance at the 11th hour, raising the prospect that legal aid certificates could no longer be issued once the predecessor governance agreement expired in July.
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September 05, 2024
McGill law professors launch unlimited strike
Barely a week after McGill law professors launched an unlimited strike on the first day of the first week of classes of the fall semester, the Quebec Labour Tribunal ordered the university to cease all forms of obstruction and interference in union affairs.
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September 05, 2024
Motion allowed in part in systemic negligence class action involving RCMP doctors’ conduct
The Federal Court has allowed in part a motion for certain particulars requested by the federal government in a class action against the RCMP for alleged systemic negligence relating to sexual assault and battery in medical examinations conducted by doctors.
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September 05, 2024
Immigration due diligence in mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring: What’s new?
In response to recent scandals involving the abuse of foreign workers in Canada, the government has promised enhanced scrutiny and stricter enforcement measures for employer non-compliance within foreign worker programs. Enhanced enforcement will have a direct impact on mergers or acquisitions or corporate restructurings where immigration considerations are a crucial yet frequently underestimated aspect of the due diligence process.
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September 04, 2024
Appeal court rules COVID-19 benefit income threshold violated Charter
In what one lawyer described as a “leap forward” in the application of s. 15 Charter rights to legislation, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal government’s $5,000 threshold for its COVID-19 unemployment benefits infringed on the Charter rights of an Ontario woman who did not qualify due to her disability.
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September 04, 2024
Court: Shoppers Drug Mart breached franchise agreements in keeping $1.084B in allowances
Shopper’s Drug Mart breached agreements with its franchisees when it retained $1.084 billion in professional allowances received from generic drug manufacturers for direct patient services, the Ontario Court of Appeal has held.
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September 04, 2024
New measures to control Temporary Foreign Worker Program insufficient
The recent announcement regarding the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) is a small step towards addressing a pressing problem.
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September 03, 2024
Unifor files application to represent Walmart warehouse workers in Mississauga
Canada's largest private-sector union has filed an application with the Ontario Labour Relations Board to represent workers at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont.
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September 03, 2024
Managing increased U.S. immigration filing fees for cross-border companies
In April 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) enacted dramatic increases to U.S. immigration filing fees, with many employment-based categories exceeding $1,000 in government fees per employee. For Canadian companies with cross-border workforces, such fees create a new burden to doing business in the United States.
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August 30, 2024
Report: Nova Scotia workers’ compensation system needs to cut costs, time lost to injury
Nova Scotia’s workers’ compensation system (WCS) should review its cost structure and introduce penalties for workers and employers who don’t co-operate in the return-to-work process to make the underfunded system more sustainable, according to a review of the system.