Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

HR executives know all about employer-rating lists like “Best Companies to Work For.” And they know the proliferation of these lists reflects an important point: Organizations want to showcase themselves in the best ...

The Albanese Government’s latest amendments to the Fair Work Act propose important changes in relation to casual employment, independent contracting, labour hire, liability for underpaying workers, and trade union dele ...

On June 28, 2023 Governor Phil Scott signed Act 80 (the “Act”) into law. This new law eliminates the “severe and pervasive” standard for harassment, expands harassment protections to protected classes other than ...

Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd., 2023 ONCA 255, a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, provides guidance on the topics of when an implied right of temporary layoff will be found and when a temporary l ...