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Timing Isn't Everything – Until It Is: Two Alberta Cases Of Post-Leave Termination

An employee returns to their place of employment on the first day after their medical leave ended, only to be handed a termination letter. Was it a coincidence or was the leave the reason they were being terminated?

Canada Employment

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Whitelaw Twining

Guide 2025 de Chambers Global sur l'emploi : chapitre canadien

Fasken est fier de contribuer une fois de plus au chapitre canadien du Chambers Global 2025 Practice Guide: Employment, en tant que rédacteur de la section sur le droit et la pratique...

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Accident mortel hors des heures de travail : La Cour d'appel reconnaît une lésion professionnelle pour un travailleur étranger

La Cour d'appel du Québec déclare que le décès d'un travailleur étranger agricole hors des heures de travail constitue une lésion professionnelle...

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

New Joint Reporting Template Released For Modern Slavery Disclosures In Canada, Australia And The UK

In July 2025, the Canadian, Australian and United Kingdom governments jointly released an optional international reporting template and guidance related to modern slavery, forced labour and child labour.

Canada Government

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Dentons Canada LLP

Embauche spécifique aux Autochtones : observations sur l'énoncé de politique et le guide de la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Canada Technology

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

One Template, Three Jurisdictions: New Guidance On Modern Slavery Reporting In Canada, Australia, And The UK

Worldwide Government

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Professional Code: Towards Better Protection For Victims Of Sexual Violence

Canada Criminal

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Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Unreasonable Conduct Before The Tribunal Can Result In Costs

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Hors de sa piste? Une Cour de l'Ontario crée un droit constitutionnel à une piste cyclable

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Mandatory Mediation Is Here: What It Means For Ontario Employers

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

Out Of Its Lane? Ontario Court Creates Constitutional Right To A Bike Lane

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Fast-Tracking Justice: Human Rights And Summary Hearings Explained (Video)

Canada Government

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SBA Lawyers LLP

La Stratégie d'approvisionnement auprès des entreprises autochtones (SAEA) passée au crible

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

AI And Copyright - Training AI With Copyrighted Material (Podcast)

Canada Technology

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Fasken

Streamlining Labour: Ontario's Legislative Shift On Labour Mobility

Canada Employment

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CCPartners

Mergers And Acquisitions In The Defence Sector: A Strategic Lever Under High Surveillance

Canada Commercial

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Dentons Canada LLP

AI "Workslop," The New Typo: Can A Culture Of Quality Guide Legal Teams Using AI?

Canada Technology

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Dentons Canada LLP

Top 5 Employment Law Decisions Of 2025 And What To Expect In 2026 – Marty Rabinovitch And Leslie Haddock (Video)

Canada Employment

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Federal Procurement Strategy For Indigenous Business (PSIB) Faces Further Scrutiny At The Human Rights Commission

The Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) has a problematic 30-year history. Launched as the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business in 1996...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Canada: Trends & Developments

Like most nations in the global community, Canada is experiencing the uncertainty and vulnerability brought forth by recent significant geopolitical and geoeconomic shifts, which have also fundamentally changed...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Canada: Law & Practice

Canada's approach to business and human rights involves a mixture of law and policy and is very much grounded in – and influenced by – international treaties and standards, as well as the evolving expectations...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Guide 2025 de Chambers Global sur les affaires et les droits de la personne

Fasken (Brian Burkett, Claudia Feldkamp et Christopher Pigott) est fier d'avoir été choisi pour participer à la rédaction de l'édition inaugurale du Chambers Global 2025 Practice Guide...

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Gender Expression To Be A Protected Human Right Under Proposed Amendments To The Manitoba Human Rights Code

Canada Employment

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MLT Aikins LLP

Timing Isn't Everything: Termination Upon Return From A Protected Leave Of Absence

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Alberta's Opposition To Reintroducing Bill C-61 Undermines First Nations' Water Rights

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

Une affaire de congédiement au retour d'un congé pour un motif protégé montre que le moment à lui seul n'est pas déterminant

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Two Recent CHRT Rulings Rein In Over-Broad Human Rights Litigation—What Employers Should Know

Canada Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 23-27, 2025)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Québec Introduces Bill 109 On Discoverability Of French-language Content On Digital Platforms

Canada Media & IT

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

$50,000 General Damages For Sexual Harassment- By Affidavit Evidence

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

Alberta Human Rights Commission Considers Employer Obligations During Leave

Canada Employment

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Parlee McLaws

Refusée à l'embauche parce qu'elle est trans* : les leçons de l'affaire Bar Lucky 7

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Québec Introduces Bill 109 On Discoverability Of French-language Content On Digital Platforms

On May 21, 2025, Québec's Minister of Culture et des Communications (Minister) tabled Bill 109, An Act to affirm the cultural sovereignty of Québec and to enact the Act respecting the discoverability...

Canada Media & IT

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

$50,000 General Damages For Sexual Harassment- By Affidavit Evidence

In Complainant v 1957753 Alberta Ltd. o/a 4 Seasons Transport, 2025 AHRC 63, a human rights complaint...

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

Alberta Human Rights Commission Considers Employer Obligations During Leave

In Trafford v ISCO Canada Inc., 2024 AHRC 149, the Alberta Human Rights Commission considered an employer's...

Canada Employment

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Parlee McLaws

Refusée à l'embauche parce qu'elle est trans* : les leçons de l'affaire Bar Lucky 7

Les droits des personnes trans* subissent des reculs préoccupants à travers le monde.

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

AHRC Awards Mid-Hearing Adjournments And Costs Rarely, But Not Never

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

The Pendulum Is Swinging: Another Award Of Costs By The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal

Human rights complaints are an increasingly common issue for employers in Alberta. However, in spite of the growing frequency of complaints filed...

Canada Government

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McLennan Ross LLP

Accommodation Is A Two-way Street: Lessons For Employers From Aguele v. Family Options Inc.

The duty to accommodate is a key principle of human rights law in Canada. It ensures that individuals facing barriers related to protected grounds under the Human Rights Code receive the support they need to access equal opportunities.

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 24 – 28, 2025)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of March 24, 2025.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Please Take A Number: Alberta Human Rights Complaints At A 10 Year High, Other Trends And Tactical Offers

The Alberta Human Rights Commission (the Commission) recently published its annual report, highlighting trends in human rights complaints for the fiscal year April 1, 2023—March 31, 2024.

Canada Government

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Bennett Jones LLP

Can The Canada Industrial Relations Board Consider An Unjust Dismissal Complaint That Raises Allegations Of Human Rights?

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Poisoned Workplace Leads To $25,000 In Damages

Canada Employment

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McMillan LLP

Qui Est Impartial ? Réflexions Sur L'affaire Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association v. Toronto Metropolitan University

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Dismissal Of Healthcare Worker For Failure To Disclose COVID-19 Exposure To Spouse/Co-Worker Not Discriminatory

Canada Employment

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Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

Ontario, Canada Human Rights Tribunal Dismisses Probationary Employee's Discrimination Claim

Canada Employment

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Littler - Canada

The Dismantling Of DEI Programs: A Lawyer's Response

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Elections And The Workplace: Know Your Rights And Obligations

Canada Employment

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McMillan LLP

Recent Updates And Upcoming Changes To Your Organization's Reporting Obligations On Forced And Child Labour

Canada Government

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Dentons Canada LLP

Privacy Versus Public Interest: Anonymity At The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Understanding Employer Duties: A Case Study On Workplace Accommodation And Termination

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Mandatory Supply Chain Due Diligence: Canada Pledges Sweeping Reforms To Forced Labour And Child Labour Laws

Canada International

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Record Keeping And Its Importance For Employers And Employees

Canada Employment

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Simes Law

Job Posting Limited To A "Qualified Woman" Not Discriminatory, HRTO Finds

Canada Government

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Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

The Year In Review – Notable Cases Of 2024

Canada Employment

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Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

Get Ready: Canada Promises Major Overhaul To Forced Labour Regulations

Canada International

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McMillan LLP

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Fast-Tracking Justice: Human Rights And Summary Hearings Explained (Video)

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SBA Lawyers LLP

What Is Duty To Accommodate (Video)

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

ESG Reporting: Addressing The Risk Of Forced Labour In Supply Chains (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Legal Implications Of The Hybrid Work Model (Video)

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Navigating The Attendance Management Minefield In The COVID Era

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Stringer LLP

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