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Employment Standards

Obligations of an employer in Alberta and upcoming legislative changes

By Cristina Wendel and Jenny Wang

COVID-19

Dentons + | COVID-19 Employment and Labour case law updates that you need to know about

By Cristina Wendel and Emily Kroboth

Occupational Health and Safety

Alberta employers: Changes to occupational health and safety legislation take effect on December 1, 2021

By Cristina Wendel

General

Alberta employers: Changes to occupational health and safety legislation take effect on December 1, 2021

By Cristina Wendel

General

Alberta Government provides list of exempt workplaces, clarifying recent COVID-19 public health orders regarding workplace closures

By Cristina Wendel

General

Alberta businesses may face mandatory workplace closures under new COVID-19 public health orders

By Cristina Wendel

COVID-19

Episode 6: Family status accommodation and COVID-19

By Cristina Wendel

General

Podcast Episode 1: COVID-19 workplace safety plans

By Cristina Wendel

Employment Standards

Court finds termination clause purporting to limit a 17-year employee’s termination notice to the 8 week statutory minimum to be “clear, express and unambiguous”

By Cristina Wendel

Restrictive Covenants

Latest from the Supreme Court of Canada on restrictive covenants in the commercial context

On September 12, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Payette v. Guay Inc. Although this decision […]

By Cristina Wendel

Bill C-31: Proposed restriction on non-competition clauses for federally regulated employers

On May 6, 2026, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-31, Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 2 (Bill C-31), which proposes amendments to the Canada Labour Code that would prohibit [...]

Working for or against you: Copyright ownership and the “course of employment”

Without explicit provisions in employment agreements, employers risk employees retaining copyright in works they create, even when employees secretly develop a competing product. Employers presumptively own copyright in works made [...]

Legal updates for Canadian employers: Key tribunal and human rights decisions

Canada: On Friday, March 27, 2026, Dentons’ Employment and Labour team hosted a national session focused on recent human rights and tribunal decisions shaping employer obligations across Canada. As workplace [...]