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Depuis 2012, le Ministère de l’immigration, de la diversité et de l’inclusion (MIDI) publie annuellement une liste des professions spécialisées en demande dans la province.
Les employeurs désirant embaucher des travailleurs étrangers dans les professions qui font partie de cette liste verront leurs démarches facilitées. En effet, ces employeurs seront exemptés – pour…
No need to reiterate the omnipresence of social media in our daily environment. Whether it is reading the mayor of Montreal’s latest tweet, browsing a friend’s pictures of his or her newborn on Instagram, or expressing dissatisfaction on our Facebook walls, there exists a multitude of reasons to get lost online.
Through their “social” character,…
In Quebec, employees’ rights to statutory holidays and annual vacation are governed by the Act Respecting Labour Standards (“ALS”), which foresees the minimum working conditions for Quebec employees.
Statutory holidays
Quebec employees, working full or part time, benefit from the following statutory holidays (s. 60 ALS):
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Une politique administrative permettant à un employé non-syndiqué de contester son congédiement en arbitrage peut-elle être considérée comme une procédure de réparation équivalente à celle prévue à l’article 124 de la Loi sur les normes du travail (LNT), alors que l’employé doit payer la moitié des honoraires de l’arbitre?
C’est cette question inédite…
On June 1, 2014, amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Regulation) modifying working rights for foreign nationals under the International Student Program (ISP) will officially come into force.
Under the revised Regulation, international students will now be permitted to work off-campus without having to apply for a work permit…
The importance of the Internet has given rise to a considerable amount of litigation on the topics of protection of privacy and freedom of expression. In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of Canada was asked to consider a novel issue: the use of personal information as a means to dissuade individuals from crossing a…
