Le 6 octobre 2021, le régime de santé et de sécurité du travail au Québec a subi une « cure de rajeunissement ». Le projet de loi 59 a été sanctionné et il est devenu officiellement la Loi modernisant le régime de santé et de sécurité du travail. À titre de rappel, cette Loi prévoit différentes dates
The Whistleblowers Protection Act was passed by the Senate on 24 January 2023 and entered into force on 18 February. With this Act, the Netherlands implements the 2019 European Whistleblowers Directive. The Act replaces the current House for Whistleblowers Act.
The Act brings significant changes for employers. The main changes employers need to consider are
In the recent case of Boydell v NZP Ltd and others [2023] EWCA Civ 373 the Court of Appeal considered two key issues in relation to a non-compete clause: First with regard to severance: whether the High Court’s decision to sever words from a non-compete clause went beyond the principles set out by the Supreme
This blog was co-authored by Heidi Davis, Trainee Associate
On 18 April 2023, the Constitutional Court found that replacement labour may only be used for the duration of strike action and not during a lock-out, even in instances where a lock-out notice was delivered before the strike had ended.
Following unsuccessful claims in both the
Dans la décision Trivium Avocats inc. c. Rochon[1], rendue récemment, la Cour supérieure a accueilli la demande d’ordonnance de protection formulée par un employeur visant à protéger l’une de ses employées victime, sur son lieu de travail, de violence psychologique s’inscrivant dans un contexte familial.
Par cette décision, la Cour supérieure a
Le 12 janvier dernier, l’arbitre Dominic Garneau a rendu la décision Syndicat des métallos, section locale 9996 et Minerai de fer Québec inc. (grief syndical)[1], dans laquelle il précise les droits et obligations d’un employeur à l’égard des frais de déplacement déboursés par ses salariés lorsque ces derniers ne peuvent se prévaloir du service
This blog was co-authored by Muhammad Mirza, Trainee Associate
On 20 February 2023, the Labour Court found that historical knowledge and information obtained by an employee during her employment with her former employer, did not constitute trade secrets or a protectable interest. The former employee (employee) was therefore free to work for the applicant’s
The prevalence of remote working arrangements has led to an increase in new and nuanced legal questions for employers to consider. One of these questions is how employers should count their remote workers when seeking to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).
Read the entire legal update, “WARN Act counting
This blog was co-authored by Jessica Blunden, Candidate Attorney
The recent judgment in Ashton International College Ballito (Pty) Ltd v Erasmus and Another serves as a deterrent to practitioners and clients not to copy and paste clauses obtained from precedents into agreements without proper thought and it emphasises the need for accurate drafting.
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