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Termination clause providing for 90 days’ notice enforced despite employee’s C-Suite promotion

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Urgent legislative update for Ontario employers in 2025

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Alberta Labour Relations Board clarifies prime contractor designations for multi-employer work sites where construction activities take place

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The countdown is on for Ontario employers to update their job postings

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Federal Court of Appeal confirms the risk management approach to pre-placement and random alcohol and drug testing is reasonable in the nuclear industry

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Volunteer rights? Ontario Court finds long term volunteer “wrongfully terminated”

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Upcoming changes to the High-Wage Labour Market Impact Assessment Stream

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New first aid requirements for employers in British Columbia

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Protections come into force for British Columbia’s “gig workers”

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What you missed on your summer vacation: A recap of the Canadian employment matters you may have missed this summer

By Andy Pushalik, Taylor Holland, Victoria Merritt, Mia Music, and Nicolas Séguin

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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 [...]

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

The Canadian labour and employment law landscape continued to evolve in 2025 with important developments in wrongful dismissal litigation and human rights. In addition, Canadian legislators introduced new laws intended [...]

A review of landmark decisions in employment and labour law rendered in Québec in 2025

The year 2025 saw several significant judicial decisions shaping the landscape of labour and employment law. In the following pages, we present the key highlights from a dozen rulings by [...]

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