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Can Employers Request A Sick Note From An Employee?

On May 29, 2025, the British Columbia legislature passed Bill 11, amending the Employment Standards Act. It prohibits most BC employers from requiring medical notes for short-term, health-related absences...

Canada Employment

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Clark Wilson LLP

Concerning An Increase In Termination Notice Period: A New Alberta High-Watermark Has Been Set

Historically, Alberta courts (like most Canadian courts) have refrained from awarding common law reasonable notice periods in excess of 24 months and allowed the maximum only for "C-suite" executives.

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

The Havoc Of The "Standard" Release In Employment Law And Human Rights

Releases are agreements where one party agrees to release another party from an actual or potential liability. Releases are used frequently in the settlement of employment law and human rights disputes.

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

Declawing A Wildcat Strike: Alberta Court Upholds Suspension Of Union Dues For Illegal Strike By AUPE

In Alberta Union of Provincial Employees v Alberta Health Services, 2025 ABKB 465 (AUPE v AHS), the Alberta Court of King's Bench upheld the Alberta Labour Relations Board's...

Canada Employment

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Bennett Jones LLP

Five Employer Wins And Counting: Is The Tide Turning?

Canada Employment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Québec Court Of Appeal Finds That Employers May Be Liable For After-Hours Accidents

Canada Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Can Terminated Employees Participate In The Wage Earner Protection Program Following A Reverse Vesting Order?

Canada Employment

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Torys LLP

Forfeiture Clause Upheld, Punitive Damages Denied: Favourable Takeaways For Employers

Canada Employment

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Bennett Jones LLP

Significant Employment Law Changes Proposed In Ontario's Seventh Working For Workers Bill

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Unreasonable Conduct Before The Tribunal Can Result In Costs

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

The Air Canada Flight Attendant Strike/Lockout, Explained

Canada Employment

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Nelligan Law

Saskatchewan Employment Act Amendments Set To Come Into Force January 1, 2026

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Out Of Office, Out Of Work: When Off-Duty Conduct Costs Employees Their Jobs

Canada Employment

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

How Can Employers Balance Recruitment And Candidate Privacy? The Commission D'accès À L'information Weighs In

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Investment Opportunities In Canada: The Best Businesses To Start And Invest In.

Canada Immigration

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Sobirovs Law Firm

Webinar: AI Regulation: Navigating Innovation And Privacy In A Shifting Regulatory Landscape

Worldwide Technology

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

Appointing Someone To Make Health Care Decisions If You Become Unable To

Canada Healthcare

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McKercher LLP

2025 Global In-House Counsel Report: Unique Insights Into The Global In-House Profession From ICW | Mondaq

Worldwide Law Practice

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

The Havoc Of The "Standard" Release In Employment Law And Human Rights

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

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Significant Changes Ahead: New Measures To Limit Temporary Foreign Worker Program In Canada

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

RADIO INTERVIEW – CityNews (Video)

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

I'm Listening: BC Appeal Court Confirms That Secretly Recording Colleagues Constitutes Just Cause

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

La Fête Est Terminée : La Colombie-Britannique Annonce L'entrée En Vigueur De Normes D'emploi Pour Les Travailleurs De Plateformes Numériques

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Nouvelles de l'Ontario : le projet de loi 149 propose diverses modifications, notamment les obligations de transparence salariale et de divulgation du recours à l'IA dans les offres d'emploi et le projet de loi 79 entre en vigueur

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Updates: Bill 149 Proposes Variety Of Changes Including Pay Transparency And AI Disclosure Requirements For Job Postings, Bill 79 Comes Into Force

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Gig Is Up: British Columbia Announces Incoming Employment Standards For App-Based Gig Workers

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

AODA Reminder: Approaching Deadline (December 31, 2023) To File Accessibility Compliance Reports

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Update On The Pay Transparency Act: British Columbia Government Finally Transparent With Employers On Reporting Requirements

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Wild West: Alberta Labour Board Orders Suspension Of Union Dues For Wildcat Strike

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Contract of Employment

The Havoc Of The "Standard" Release In Employment Law And Human Rights

Releases are agreements where one party agrees to release another party from an actual or potential liability. Releases are used frequently in the settlement of employment law and human rights disputes.

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

Five Employer Wins And Counting: Is The Tide Turning?

In a shift from the prevailing trend of employee-friendly case law regarding the interpretation of employment and compensation agreements, Canadian courts have recently issued a series of rulings in favour of employers.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Air Canada Flight Attendant Strike/Lockout, Explained

Over the weekend, the workers elected to continue striking despite a federal ministerial order to return to work and submit to binding arbitration.

Canada Employment

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Nelligan Law

Dependent Vs. Independent Contractors: Key Distinctions For Employers

Canada Employment

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MLT Aikins LLP

Canadian Work-Sharing: Special Measures Now In Place

Canada Employment

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George Waggott Law

Flawed Canadian Employment Contracts: Not Blank Cheque

Canada Employment

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George Waggott Law

Career Employee Dismissed For Just Cause

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Legally Binding Contracts In Ontario: Key Elements And How They Work

Canada Employment

Pacific Legal PC

Know The Law: Termination With Cause

Canada Employment

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Miller Thomson LLP

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 11 – 15, 2025)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 11, 2025.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Out Of Office, Out Of Work: When Off-Duty Conduct Costs Employees Their Jobs

In a time when personal lives are frequently broadcast online and the boundaries between work and personal time are increasingly blurred, the question arises...

Canada Employment

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

"Just Joking": Not Every Cultural Reference Is Discriminatory

Workplaces across the world are contending these days with many questions, including whether things have gotten too "woke" when it comes to permitted conduct.

Canada Employment

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George Waggott Law

Employers And The Off-Duty Conduct Of Employees

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

Can You Be Fired While On Sick Leave In Canada? Know Your Rights

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

Mental Health & Long-Term Disability: Can You Get Approved For Anxiety Or Depression?

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

Demotion And Pay-Cut Results In Constructive Dismissal And Bad Faith Damages

Canada Employment

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Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

Understanding Deductibles In Income Loss Claims

Canada Employment

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McLeish Orlando LLP

Out The Door, Not Off The Hook: Remedies For Employers When Post-Employment Confidentiality Obligations Are Breached

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

Concerning An Increase In Termination Notice Period: A New Alberta High-Watermark Has Been Set

Historically, Alberta courts (like most Canadian courts) have refrained from awarding common law reasonable notice periods in excess of 24 months and allowed the maximum only for "C-suite" executives.

Canada Employment

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McLennan Ross LLP

Pensions And Employment Mid-Year Review 2025

Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving landscape in 2025, we review the top trends that are shaping the future of workplace law and highlight key takeaways for employers.

Canada Employment

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Torys LLP

Retroactive Pension Plan Amendments: How FSRA Is Applying Its Guidance

Last year, the Financial Services Regulation Authority of Ontario released its Pension Plan Amendments Guidance, offering insight into how FSRA interprets and administers the Pension Benefit Act (Ontario) provisions related to retroactive amendments.

Canada Employment

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Torys LLP

BC Court Awards 30-Year Employee Only Six Months' Notice Due To Intended Retirement

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Employee's Imminent Retirement Leads To Shortened Notice Period

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

Alberta Employers Beware: Common Law Reasonable Notice Period Can Extend Beyond 24 Months

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

L'avenir de la gouvernance des régimes de retraite canadiens : nouvelles perspectives juridiques

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Future Of Canadian Pension Governance: Updated Legal Insights

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A Canadian Tax Lawyer's Guide to the Canadian Tax Treatment Of Domestic, Foreign Retirement Compensation Arrangements (RCAs) for High-Income Earners: Lessons from Martin v The King

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

How The Income Tax Act Treats Settlements And Damage Awards For Wrongful Dismissals

The general principle under the Income Tax Act (the "Tax Act") is that for an amount to be considered income, it must belong to a source in section 3.

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Five Employer Wins And Counting: Is The Tide Turning?

In a shift from the prevailing trend of employee-friendly case law regarding the interpretation of employment and compensation agreements, Canadian courts have recently issued a series of rulings in favour of employers.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Hand Caught In The Cookie Jar: ONSC Upholds Bakery Employee's Termination For Cause

In Abbasbayli v. Fiera Foods Company, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ("ONSC") upheld the employer's decision to dismiss an employee for cause following an internal investigation into time theft.

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

Contractual Severance: Failure To Pay Means Employer Pays More

Canada Employment

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George Waggott Law

Can You Be Fired While On Sick Leave In Canada? Know Your Rights

Canada Employment

UL

Unified LLP

Mental Health & Long-Term Disability: Can You Get Approved For Anxiety Or Depression?

Canada Employment

UL

Unified LLP

Know The Law: Termination With Cause

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Employee's Imminent Retirement Leads To Shortened Notice Period

Canada Employment

WH

Williams HR Law

Court Awards 26 Months Severance Pay In Alberta!

Canada Employment

BR

Bow River Law

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Latest Videos

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Navigating Employer Obligations During Economic Uncertainty (Video)

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Siskinds LLP

High Wage LMIA – What Is A HIGH WAGE LMIA? (Video)

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INGWE

Simona Jellinek Discusses Alleged Sexual Assault By Junior Hockey Players (Video)

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Gluckstein Lawyers

Tout connaitre sur la Loi 42 (Video)

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Fasken (French)

Navigating Executive Compensation With Confidence (Video)

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Fasken

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