To help Canadians through the next phase of recovery, on August 20, 2020, Canada’s federal government announced that it would transition those receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to a more flexible and generous Employment Insurance program.
A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal indicates that an employee’s past service with a vendor may be a factor in the reasonable notice calculation when a successor employer terminates employment.
In a recent decision, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal held that a comment a faculty member made to a university employee during a business trip did not rise to the level of sexual harassment as defined in the province’s Human Rights Code.
As we progress into the next phase of the pandemic, employers in the UK are considering how to safely reintegrate staff into the workplace whilst also managing the risks of processing health data and setting out the expectations for employees.
Employers with employees in Ontario often ask about legislative requirements under various employment statutes, including mandatory policies, training and postings.
In this GQ|Littler article, we highlight some of the issues and risks employers face when dealing with different types of employees as businesses reopen, including those who refuse to return to the workplace.
In this GQ|Littler article, we address the health and safety concerns and queries employers in the UK must consider when making the workplace "COVID-secure."
El 22 de julio de 2020 el gobierno federal a través de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHCP) anunció el programa de “Fortalecimiento del Sistema de Pensiones."
