On 7 April 2022, the Ontario Government passed Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022. Bill 88 is omnibus labour and employment legislation that will: establish employment rights for digital platform workers (including rights to information, minimum wage, and recurring pay periods and pay days) through the enactment of the Digital Platform Workers Rights Act, 2022; amend […]
Canada: Ontario’s General Minimum Hourly Wage Rate will Increase to $15.50
On 5 April 2022, the Ontario Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development announced increases to the general and specialised minimum wage rates under the Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41 (the “ESA”). Effective 1 October 2022, the new statutory minimum wage rates in Ontario will be: Employee Class Current Minimum Wage Rate Minimum […]
Canada: Recent Amendments to the Labour Code Regulations
Author: Charles Muriithi In the 16 March 2022 issue of the Canada Gazette, the Federal Government filed the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Canada Labour Code, SOR/2022-41 (the “Amending Regulation”). The Amending Regulation revises the Canada Labour Standards Regulations, the Standards for Work-Integrated Learning Activities Regulations and the Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations (collectively, the “Regulations”) […]
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Le Business Club France-Luxembourg, Flichy Grange Avocats (France) et Kleyr Grasso (Luxembourg) ont le plaisir de vous convier à un webinaire sur le thème : TÉLÉTRAVAIL : LES BONNES PRATIQUES À L’AUNE DE LA COVID-19 LA RÉGLEMENTATION ET LA PRATIQUE DU TÉLÉTRAVAIL EN FRANCE ET AU LUXEMBOURG : EXPÉRIENCES PARTAGÉES Date : 24 février 2022 | Heure : 13h […]
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Canada: Read Before you Click – Court of Appeal Finds No Entitlement to Unvested Stock Options
In Battiston v. Microsoft Canada Inc. the Court of Appeal for Ontario recently held that an employee who provided online confirmation that he had read his employer’s stock option agreement was bound by the provisions within, notwithstanding the fact that he had not actually read them. Background Fransic Battiston was employed by Microsoft Canada Inc. for almost […]
Canada: Supreme Court concludes Arbitrators can have Exclusive Jurisdiction over Human Rights Disputes
In Northern Regional Health Authority v Horrocks, 2021 SCC 423, (“Horrocks”) the Supreme Court of Canada held, in a 6-1 ruling, that the Manitoba Human Rights Commission did not have jurisdiction to hear a human rights dispute in a unionized workplace. Rather, the Court ruled that, given the legislative framework in Manitoba, labour arbitrators have exclusive […]