Note to many employers in Quebec:
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the minimum wage is increasing.
The minimum wage is going up to $10.15 an hour – an increase of $0.25. The minimum wage of employees receiving tips will go up to $8.75 an hour – an increase of $0.20.
A chart on the Commission
…under section 316 of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (“Act“), Quebec employers are obligated to pay the assessment due to the CSST by a contractor in default.
Section 316 of the Act reads as follows:
316. The Commission may demand payment of the assessment due by a contractor from the
On 8 October 2012, the UK Government announced its plans for a new kind of employment contract called an “employee-owner”. Those employed under this sort of contract would exchange some of their UK employment rights in return for shares in their employing company. Any growth in the value of the shares would be exempt from
Most companies regularly appraise their employees, as this provides the opportunity to follow their performance and career development.
For the purposes of such appraisals, some companies (often those belonging to US-based groups) use a “ranking” method and in some instances the “forced ranking” appraisal method. This purpose of this system is to place employees into
Dans une récente sentence arbitrale (Association des pompiers professionnels de Québec et la Ville de Québec, D.T.E. 2013T-125 (Me Gabriel M. Côté, arbitre)), un arbitre de griefs a invalidé la politique de l’employeur requérant que les salariés lui remettent un certificat médical après trois jours d’absence pour cause de maladie.
Beaucoup d’employeurs au Québec
It is almost impossible to dismiss an employee in Venezuela.
First of all, because the New Labor Law provides that, except for top management employees, employers cannot dismiss workers unilaterally (job stability), even those who are not protected by the bar against dismissals. Second, the Government extended the Special Bar against Dismissals again. Finally, the
This post was contributed by Yanet C. Aguiar, Partner, Norton Rose Caracas and Valentina Albarrán, Associate, Norton Rose Caracas
Venezuela is no stranger to the existence and proliferation of Group of Companies or Business Groups, they have become a fundamental part of Venezuelan economy. However, throughout the last decade or so, we have
This post was contributed by Sipelelo Litji, Lauren Coetzee and Kate Paterson
Employers may be vicariously liable for an employee’s actions regardless of whether they are acting in the course and scope of their employment.
This is according to a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment that found the Minister of Defence to be liable for
The common law distinguishes between the enforceability of restrictive covenants arising out of a sale of business and covenants in the employment context. Courts have generally given greater deference to the reasonableness of restrictive covenants arising from a sale of business, as parties to a commercial transaction are typically perceived as being more sophisticated and
Last month, the Commission des relations du travail (“CRT”) rendered a decision following a finding of unjust dismissal that serves as a good reminder of the scope and types of awards that can be ordered when a complaint is deemed well-founded.
In this case, the facts were simple: the complainant, a pharmacist, was