Labour & Employment
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October 11, 2024
Prioritizing mental health in the workplace
On World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10, we were reminded of the vital role that mental health plays not just in individual lives but also within our communities and workplaces. The global conversation surrounding mental health has grown significantly over the years, yet we still face considerable barriers that impede progress.
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October 10, 2024
New report highlights lack of racialized lawyers at Ontario firms, offers diversity ranking
Blink Equity, an organization founded to combat systemic racism in workplaces, has released what it calls a “landmark report” titled “The Blink Score: A Racial Diversity Audit & Ranking of Ontario Law Firms,” said to indicate a “lack of inclusion” in the profession.
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October 10, 2024
Ottawa takes step toward removing barriers to Indigenous Peoples’ mobility across Canada-U.S. border
Stating that it “continues to work toward long-term solutions to address Indigenous border mobility challenges” across the Canada-U.S. border, the federal government has announced “temporary measures” to waive certain requirements for eligible American Indigenous people with families in Canada who want to work or study here and to enable eligible Indigenous people from the U.S. who are already in Canada to extend their stay for up to three years.
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October 10, 2024
Canadian Judicial Council rolls out new advisory guidelines for federal judges on their social media use
“Proceed with caution” might sum up, in a nutshell, the latest official advice for judges on their use of social media.
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October 10, 2024
Artificial Intelligence and voice contracts: Where are we now in Entertainment Law?
In the evolving battle of artificial intelligence (AI) and aggregated personality, characteristics and attributes of actors and famous personalities, the human voice has become a persistent battleground, one that is followed keenly by entertainment lawyers.
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October 09, 2024
Taxpayers’ ombudsperson reports that complaints, inquiries surged as CRA resumed collection activities
The Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson (OTO) saw a 29 per cent increase in complaints and a 62 per cent increase in inquiries in 2023-24 as the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) resumed collection activities that were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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October 09, 2024
Ontario expands basic training program for police for second year running
For the second year in a row, the Ontario government is increasing enrollment in the Ontario Police College’s Basic Constable Training (BCT) program, adding 80 recruits a year starting in 2025, to bring the total number of officers trained each year to 2,080.
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October 09, 2024
Canada so far has helped 1,250 people to leave war-torn Lebanon, Ottawa says
More than 5,500 Canadians, permanent residents and immediate family members in Lebanon have told Ottawa they want to leave that conflict-riven country, and the foreign affairs department says it has so far helped more than 1,000 people to depart.
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October 09, 2024
With strike, court actions ended, McGill law profs, university go to arbitration
A “new path forward” has been forged between McGill University and its unionized law professors through a memorandum of understanding that ends both a faculty strike and the school’s legal challenge to the union’s existence.
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October 09, 2024
Personal injury lawyers ask SCC not to make it harder for clients to sue foreign defendants
When can people injured abroad sue in Canadian courts? Does the presumption of innocence apply in non-criminal settings? When a miscarriage of justice occurs, what is the scope of an appeal court’s power to acquit when setting aside a guilty plea? These are some of the questions raised by appeals slated for the Supreme Court of Canada’s new fall session as counsel began making their arguments this week in a court building with stepped-up exterior security features, such as an imposing barricade of large cement planters.