Labour Law

• Ontario to ban unpaid restaurant trial shifts; part of new labour law

  Ontario is planning to explicitly ban unpaid trial shifts for restaurant and hospitality workers, while also strengthening rules against deducting employee wages.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2023
  
• B.C. tribunal orders woman to pay $2,600 after software shows ‘time theft’

  A tribunal has ordered a British Columbia accountant to pay her former employer more than $2,600 after tracking software showed she engaged in "time theft" while working from home.

  Jan 12, 2023
  
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• Do you have to work during the pandemic? Winnipeg labour lawyer lays out options

  According to labour lawyer Benjamin Hecht of Pitblado Law, if your workplace isn't doing everything it can to keep you safe, you definitely have options.

  Health

  Mar 31, 2020
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• Unifor barricade at Co-op Refinery may be enduring due to missing legal language

  A Saskatoon-based labour lawyer believes the reason Unifor has been able to keep the Co-op Refinery barricaded is due to missing language he usually includes in injunctions.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2020
• Nurses to rally for inclusion under new B.C. PTSD labour laws

  Under pending provincial legislation, first responders won't have to prove PTSD was acquired on the job to get coverage for it.

  Health

  May 3, 2018
• Under new rules, first responders in B.C. won’t have to prove PTSD is work-related

  Under proposed new rules firefighters, paramedics and police will no longer have to prove conditions like PTSD were caused by their job.

  Health

  Apr 11, 2018
• NDP announces labour law changes to bring ‘Alberta’s workplaces into the 21st century’

  The first major overhaul of the province's workplace rules in almost 30 years proposes that Albertans be allowed to take unpaid leave to look after themselves and loved ones without fear of losing their jobs.

  Money

  May 24, 2017
• Labour law prof says layoffs likely as Sask. gov’t rolls back wages 3.5 per cent

  University of Saskatchewan Prof. Keir Vallance says 3.5 per cent is a sizable cut that might not be reached by managing hours and he believes layoffs are likely to occur.

  Politics

  Mar 13, 2017
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• After-work emails: banned in France, ‘a national epidemic’ in Canada

  Did you know you should get overtime if you reply to work emails after work? Vote in our poll on whether Canadian companies should mandate unplugging after hours.

  Canada

  May 27, 2016
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• France’s government faces no-confidence vote over labour law

  France's government is facing a major test as lawmakers hold a no-confidence vote, prompted by a deeply divisive labour law allowing longer workdays and easier layoffs.

  Politics

  May 12, 2016