Legislation & Compliance

Ontario employers will see a range of workplace rule changes take effect Jan. 1, 2025, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and…

Minimum piece rates for 15 hand-harvested farm crops in British Columbia will increase by 3.9% on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, the province…

Ontario employers will see new requirements and benefits for workers after the province’s sixth Working for Workers Act, 2024 received royal assent on Dec.…

By Norm Keith and Anil Nair On Nov. 27, 2024, the Ontario government proposed an amendment to Ontario’s workplace safety legislation, introducing…

Québec’s public services are adopting new measures to protect whistleblowers from reprisals and encourage reporting of wrongdoing, following the enactment of public…

Amendments to the Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act that will restore the right to strike and lockout for Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishing…

The Government of Saskatchewan introduced amendments to The Saskatchewan Employment Act on Wednesday, saying the changes would ease administrative requirements for employers…

The Saskatchewan government introduced amendments to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 on Wednesday that, if passed, would extend presumptive cancer coverage to wildland firefighters.…

The Newfoundland and Labrador government has introduced legislation to remove the requirement for employees to provide sick notes after three consecutive days…

British Columbia has expanded its whistleblower protection legislation to include employees at research universities and WorkSafeBC, offering new safeguards for staff reporting…