Labour & Employment
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August 26, 2024
Ottawa poised to further tighten restrictions on hiring temporary foreign workers
The federal government says it will soon expand restrictions on the number of temporary foreign workers that employers in Canada may hire, including reducing from 20 per cent to 10 per cent the percentage of their total workforce for which employers may hire temporary foreign workers and cutting from two years to one the maximum period for which “low-wage stream” workers may be hired.
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August 26, 2024
Canada to implement 100% surtax on Chinese EVs to address ‘extraordinary threat’
Canada is bringing measures to implement a 100 per cent surtax on all Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) as Chinese producers “benefit from unfair, non-market policies and practices,” making the Canadian auto sector and workers face “unfair competition.”
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August 26, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds denial of $44 million class counsel fee in mega-fund settlement
The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by class counsel seeking $44 million as class counsel fees in a class action settled for $153 million, finding that an award of $25 million as fees was fair and reasonable.
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August 26, 2024
Hicks Morley expands with new associate in Toronto
A recent news release from Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP announced that Ryan Markesic has joined the firm as a labour and employment lawyer.
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August 23, 2024
Federal Court rejects immigration officer’s flawed, ‘generic’ analysis of kids’ best interests
Addressing a recurrent error in decisions by immigration officers, the Federal Court has ruled that an immigration officer’s “effectively generic” analysis of the best interests of three children who risk being sent to Nigeria with their Nigerian parents “fatally flaws” the officer’s decision to reject the family’s application for permanent residence in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate (H&C) grounds.
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August 23, 2024
Labour experts: Binding arbitration best hope to end rail strike, but could violate Charter
Binding arbitration offers the best hope of resolving the labour tensions plaguing Canada’s two major railways but still presents a potential legal risk, two labour relations experts observed Friday, Aug. 23, as the rapidly evolving dispute continued to unfold.
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August 23, 2024
WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY — Employer obligations — Safety equipment and procedures
Appeal by Crown from sentence imposed on respondent in prosecution under Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). In a workplace injury case, a 16-year-old employee’s hair became entangled in an improperly guarded machine, resulting in severe spinal injury. The respondent, owner of the restaurant, was charged with two counts under the OHSA for failing to ensure that the employee’s hair was confined and failing to ensure that the machine was properly guarded.
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August 22, 2024
2 new associates join Rae Christen Jeffries LLP
Recent news releases from Rae Christen Jeffries LLP announced the addition of Samantha Gob and Shawn Medeiros as associates.
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August 22, 2024
Strangulation by regulation | Tega Adjara
Canada’s economic prominence in the early 21st century marked a significant turning point, as the country’s prosperity garnered global recognition, leading to a surge in migration to North America. Although Canada had been economically stable prior to the 2000s, it was during this period that the nation’s economic success became widely acknowledged. The strength of the Canadian dollar, which even surpassed that of its southern neighbour, symbolized this era of prosperity.
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August 21, 2024
Federal Treasury Board delays creation of final civil service pay equity plan by three years
It will be at least three years before women working for the federal public service have a final pay equity plan.