In 2017, the Manitoba government introduced the Public Services Sustainability Act, which mandated a two-year wage freeze for government employees once their existing contracts expired. The freeze was followed by a 0.75 per…
Earlier today, the Ontario Minister of Labour announced that temporary help agencies and recruiters will soon need to be licensed and vetted by the province to operate. New labour legislation which will…
On October 6, 2021, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (the “Court”) released its decision in Disability Rights Coalition v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General). The Court made a number of important, positive…
The second pandemic pay program, which began on October 1, 2020, is set to expire on August 23, 2021. The program, which is limited to specific categories of frontline workers, grants developmental…
After more than a decade, the provincial government has finally announced a date to bring the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) into force: October 19, 2021. The enactment of the not-for-profit legislation,…
At long last, the federal Pay Equity Act will come into force on August 31, 2021. The Act was first introduced on October 29, 2018, as part of Bill C-86, the Budget…
In the 2021 Provincial Budget, the Ford government announced the Recruitment and Retention Incentive Program (the “RRI”), a “short-term solution” to help attract more nurses and personal support workers (PSWs) to the…
In late May 2020, the government introduced regulations converting temporary layoffs of non-union employees into unpaid infectious disease leaves under the Employment Standards Act (ESA). The duration of this relief has been repeatedly extended….
In April 2020, the government introduced a “temporary pandemic pay program” for essential workers in health care and congregate care settings. In tandem with this program, the government introduced an emergency order…
As vaccination rates increase and COVID-19 cases decrease, Ontario is reopening. On Friday, July 16, 2021, the province will move into step 3 of its reopening plan. In light of this, many…
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