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Employment and Labour Law: 2025 Year in Review and Future Trends

By Andy Pushalik, Arianne Bouchard, Catherine Coulter, Eleni Kassaris, and Cristina Wendel
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Retirement and resignation: Key 2025 decisions

By Andy Pushalik
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Changes to Alberta’s long-term illness and injury leave effective January 1, 2026

By Cristina Wendel and Jenny Wang
  • Employment Standards
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Hot topics, big shifts: Five key employment law developments from summer 2025

By Andy Pushalik, Eleni Kassaris, Catherine Coulter, and Arianne Bouchard
  • Employment Standards
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Ontario employer update: New job-protected sick leave under the ESA comes into effect on June 19, 2025

By Maggie Sullivan and Catherine Coulter
  • Employment Standards
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Ontario government tables Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025

By Andy Pushalik
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  • Wrongful Dismissal

“Holy Grail” for Ontario employers? Ontario Court of Appeal upholds what could be model termination provision for Ontario employers – for now

By Andy Pushalik and Adrian Miedema
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Employee’s failure to produce notice of assessment leads to reduced notice period

By Andy Pushalik and Simmy Sahdra
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I’m still standing – Judicial review of labour arbitration decisions

By Russell Groves and Fatimah Khan
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Employer success: Ontario Superior Court confirms enforceability of ESA minimums termination clause during a Rule 21 motion

By Maggie Sullivan and Catherine Coulter
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Arbitration award contemplates the balance between employee privacy and workplace safety

By Jenny Wang
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Alberta Human Rights Commission awards substantial costs against complainant who engaged in misleading and improper conduct

By Jennifer A. Thompson and Carly Kist

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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 [...]

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