Comments on an interim report suggesting ways the Ontario Labour Relations Act and Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 could enhance protections for workers and support businesses are due by October 14, 2016.
Ontario government-appointed Special Advisors have released an Interim Report identifying workplace issues under the main labor and employment statutes and options for amendment.
The Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in Wilson v. Atomic Energy confirms that private-sector federal employers must have just cause to dismiss non-managerial employees.
In a first for the province of Ontario, a construction project manager charged and convicted under the Bill C-45 amendments to the Criminal Code was sentenced to serve time in prison for criminal negligence for his role in a workplace accident.
Recent class actions have claimed that companies have violated California consumer fraud and unfair competition laws resulting from alleged forced labor in their global supply chains.
Non-Canadian workers are increasingly suing their employers in Canadian courts for human rights violations allegedly committed outside Canada by the companies themselves or by other entities in their supply chains.
