Labour & Employment
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June 19, 2024
Competition Bureau’s immunity and leniency programs now include no-poaching, wage-fixing provisions
The Competition Bureau and the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) have announced an update to their immunity and leniency programs to include wage-fixing and no-poaching provisions under the Competition Act.
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June 19, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds termination clause incorporating Canada Labour Code provisions
The B.C. Court of Appeal has rejected arguments in a wrongful dismissal case that a termination clause that incorporated the notice and severance provisions of the Canada Labour Code was ambiguous because it provided for a minimum rather than a prescribed notice period.
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June 18, 2024
B.C. trying to ‘thread the needle’ and give a little to both sides on gig work rules: legal expert
B.C. is bringing in a minimum wage and other basic employment protections for app-based ride-hailing and delivery workers, but observers are saying the regulations seem to be a bit of a compromise as they don’t extend full employment protections such as overtime and holiday pay to gig work.
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June 18, 2024
Impact of 2024 U.S. election on immigration, part two
As we discussed in the first article in this series, immigration seems to be on everyone’s minds, as candidates campaign for U.S. votes in the November 2024 election. The person who is elected as the next president of the United States can easily impact immigration and effectuate temporary change based on their priorities.
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June 18, 2024
Unlocking efficiency: The power of arbitration | Stuart Rudner
If you’re not using arbitration, you’re missing out. Whether you represent employees or defendants, consider this golden opportunity:
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June 17, 2024
Impact of 2024 U.S. election on immigration, part one
It’s hard to turn on the news without hearing about the upcoming U.S. presidential election and the potential issues and concerns driving votes come November. Arguably top amongst those issues is immigration — which has been a sore spot for U.S. government policymakers for decades but never more so than over the past two electoral cycles.
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June 14, 2024
New chief commissioner of Canadian Human Rights Commission announced
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced on June 14, 2024, the appointment of Birju Dattani as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), effective Aug. 8, 2024,
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June 14, 2024
Wide-ranging IMF report recommends improvements to Canadian fiscal, tax policies
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released new findings following its annual analysis of Canadian fiscal policies, noting various issues that could be improved in areas such as housing affordability and climate policy and suggesting changes to tax regimes.
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June 14, 2024
Law requires Ottawa to roll out national strategy to combat ‘environmental racism’ within two years
Calling it “a significant milestone in the fight for environmental justice,” the federal Green party hailed the imminent enactment of its “groundbreaking” private member’s bill that requires Ottawa to roll out within two years a “national strategy” to mitigate the harmful fallout from “environmental racism” — which the party said disproportionately exposes marginalized, racialized and Indigenous communities to environmental hazards.
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June 14, 2024
Supreme Court of Canada affirms first-level managers in Quebec cannot unionize under Labour Code
In a highly anticipated decision, published on April 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the constitutionality of the Labour Code’s denial of a first-level managers association’s right to obtain a union certification (Société des casinos du Québec inc. v. Association des cadres de la Société des casinos du Québec, [2024] S.C.J. No. 13). The significance of this decision can only be appreciated through an understanding of the case’s procedural history and broader context.