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Employeurs fédéraux et les sanctions administratives pécuniaires

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Parmi les modifications apportées au Code canadien du travail (Code) entrées en vigueur le 1er janvier 2021, notons l’ajout de la nouvelle partie IV du Code intitulée « Sanctions administratives pécuniaires » (SAP) et du Règlement sur les sanctions administratives pécuniaires (Code canadien du travail) (Règlement). Une approche progressive a été adoptée aux termes du Programme du travail fédéral, … Continue reading

Federal Employers & Administrative Monetary Penalties

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Within the several changes to the Canada Labour Code (Code) that came into force on January 1, 2021, a new Part IV to the Code entitled “Administrative Monetary Penalties” (AMPs) accompanied by the Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations (Regulations) was added. A phased-in approach has been adopted by the federal Labour Program, with … Continue reading

Notice to federally regulated employers: 10 days of medical leave of absence with pay

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On December 17, 2021, the federally proposed Bill C-3 received royal assent. One of the material amendments made to the Canada Labour Code (Code) will allow employees to earn up to 10 days of medical leave of absence with pay in a calendar year. This amendment will apply to all employees working in a federally … Continue reading

Avis aux employeurs sous réglementation fédérale : 10 jours de congé payé pour raisons médicales

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Le 17 décembre 2021, le projet de loi C-3 proposé par le gouvernement fédéral a reçu la sanction royale. Une des modifications importantes au Code canadien du travail (Code) est la suivante : un employé pourra acquérir au plus 10 jours de congé payé pour raisons médicales par année civile. Cette modification sera applicable à tout … Continue reading

Government Announcements for Federally-Regulated Employees

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Mandatory vaccination The federal government has announced that it will propose regulations under Part II of the Canada Labour Code (Code) – Occupational Health and Safety – to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory in all federally-regulated workplaces.  It looks to quickly finalize these new regulations so that they are in force as of 2022. An … Continue reading

Surveillance et recevabilité du rapport d’enquête : un rappel du test applicable

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La Cour d’appel du Québec, dans Centre de services scolaire de Montréal (Commission scolaire de Montréal) c. Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal (FAE), rappelle le caractère exceptionnel de l’exclusion d’une preuve pertinente – en l’espèce, un rapport d’enquête suite à une surveillance physique d’une employée – dans le cadre d’un litige et ce, … Continue reading

Retrait préventif : la COVID-19 ne constitue pas un contaminant au sens de la LSST

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Dans une affaire récente – Piché et Entreprises Y. Bouchard & Fils inc. – le Tribunal administratif du Travail (Tribunal) a rejeté la demande de retrait préventif d’un travailleur en vertu de l’article 32 de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (LSST) car il considère que la COVID-19 ne constitue pas … Continue reading

La Fête nationale et la Fête du Canada : quelles obligations ont les employeurs?

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L’approche de la période estivale rime avec l’arrivée des vacances annuelles, mais aussi l’enchaînement de deux jours fériés en l’espace de 8 jours. La Fête nationale (le 24 juin – jour de la St-Jean Baptiste) et la Fête du Canada (le 1er juillet) tombent cette année toutes les deux un jeudi. Afin de dissiper les … Continue reading

COVID-19 vaccination leaves : which provinces require employers to provide paid time off?

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Vaccination efforts across the country have ramped up significantly. A number of provinces have recently amended existing legislation to allow employees paid time off to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. We provide you with a brief summary of these legislative amendments. Province Legislation Paid Time Off Other Relevant Information British Columbia s. 52.13 of the Employment … Continue reading

La réforme de la Loi 101 : avis aux employeurs

Photo of Sébastien BeauregardBy Sébastien Beauregard and Global Workplace Insider Team on Posted in North America
Le gouvernement du Québec a déposé hier son projet de loi 96 : Loi sur la langue officielle et commune du Québec, le français qui apporterait, si adopté, des modifications importantes à la Charte de la langue française (Charte) et à plusieurs autres lois. Nous vous résumons les changements les plus significatifs pour les employeurs au … Continue reading

Reform of Bill 101: Notice to Employers

Photo of Sébastien BeauregardBy Sébastien Beauregard and Global Workplace Insider Team on Posted in Canada, North America, Québec
Recently, the Quebec government tabled Bill No. 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec (Bill) which, if adopted, will make sweeping changes to the Charter of the French language (Charter) and several other laws. Here is a summary of the changes that will have the most impact on Quebec employers. … Continue reading

Can COVID-19 be considered a superior force (“force majeure”) lawfully limiting an employer’s obligations?

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Since the start of pandemic, our courts have rendered a number of decisions regarding the impact of COVID-19 and whether it constitutes superior force (commonly known as “force majeure” ) for the purposes of limiting liability. In particular, we can think of numerous cases in real estate law, whereby lessees and owners looked to the courts … Continue reading

La COVID-19 peut-elle être considérée comme un événement de force majeure limitant les obligations d’un employeur?

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Depuis le début de la pandémie, nos tribunaux ont rendu plusieurs décisions concernant l’incidence de la COVID-19 et la question de savoir si elle constitue un événement de force majeure aux fins de la limitation de la responsabilité. On peut notamment penser aux nombreux cas, dans le domaine du droit immobilier, où des locataires et … Continue reading

Avis aux employeurs – changements aux congés pour les parents

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Étiez-vous informés des modifications récentes à la Loi sur l’assurance parentale et à La loi sur les normes du travail (LNT) concernant les congés de maternité, de paternité et parental? Les employeurs devront revoir leur politique d’entreprise et/ou convention collective pour tenir compte de  ces changements. Ces lois ont été récemment modifiées par le projet … Continue reading

“Casual” employee awarded 15 years of annual leave

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The recent case of Apostolides v Mantina Earthmovers & Constructions Pty Ltd [2018] FCCA 279 serves as a useful reminder to ensure that your organisation’s award or agreement covered casual employees are “engaged and paid as such”. In this case the Federal Circuit Court determined that an employee whom the employer purported was a casual … Continue reading

Do you provide or use labour hire services? Important changes are coming for labour hire in Queensland and other jurisdictions

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Do you provide or use labour hire services?  Important changes are coming for labour hire in Queensland and other jurisdictions A labour hire licensing scheme will commence in Queensland, and it is expected that other states will follow suit. The Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 (Act) was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 7 September … Continue reading

Transitional arrangements for the 457 visa and next steps

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Following the Australian Prime Minister’s announcement on 18 April 2017 that the 457 visa will be abolished and replaced with a new Temporary Skill Shortage visa from March 2018, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection has issued further information on the upcoming changes that will  impact the 457 visa programme.  Additional legislative and policy … Continue reading

Australian 457 working visa to be abolished – reforms to employer sponsored skilled migration programme announced

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The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced yesterday afternoon that the 457 visa will be abolished and replaced with a new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa to better address genuine skill shortages and protect the Australian local labour force.  The implementation of these reforms will begin immediately and will be completed in March 2018.… Continue reading

Private eye: using Facebook to discipline an employee

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The Supreme Court of Victoria’s decision of Jurecek v Director, Transport Safety Victoria [2016] VSC 285 clarifies the application of privacy law to an employee’s social media account, specifically in relation to an employer collecting and using information gathered from an employee’s Facebook account when investigating misconduct.… Continue reading

New codes introduced – Contractors must be aware of enterprise agreement risks

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The new national code for the tendering and performance of building work 2016 (Code 2016) commenced on 2 December 2016 to coincide with the re-establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). The governing legislation is the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016 (Act). The Code 2016 applies to building contractors carrying … Continue reading

Doing business in Quebec – a primer

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Governing Legislations: Employers planning to do business in Quebec should familiarize themselves with their duties and obligations under various Quebec laws and regulations. Key legislation in Quebec  addresses, among others, employment standards, human rights, occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation, labour relations and pay equity. Employers and employees in Quebec also have obligations under the … Continue reading

Misuse it and lose it

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A series of recent cases demonstrates that the Fair Work Commission (FWC) will, with increasing frequency, revoke or suspend union entry permits following findings of contraventions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act).  So far this year, in 3 separate cases, the FWC has suspended or revoked the entry permits of 7 officials of … Continue reading

When is going running in the course of employment?

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A worker who injured herself when she went for a run whilst working from home has had her application for workers compensation dismissed, but only on the basis that the injury did not occur during an ‘ordinary recess’. Background In Demasi v Comcare (Compensation) [2016] AATA 644 (26 August 2016), the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) … Continue reading

The latest from the Fair Work Commission on drug and alcohol policy breaches

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Last month, the Fair Work Commission upheld a decision to dismiss an employee for breaching its zero tolerance policy on illicit drugs, confirming the importance of having a clear drug and alcohol policy that is effectively communicated and consistently applied. The employer, Coles Group Supply Chain Pty Ltd (Coles), summarily dismissed Shane Clayton who tested … Continue reading
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