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Mar 27, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Jeremy Hann |Juliette Mestre
Special thanks to our articling student Mario Lofranco for contributing to this update. In a previous blog post, we discussed the proposed changes that Bill 149 would bring to several employment statutes, building on the Working for Workers Acts, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Jeremy Hann |Juliette Mestre
Special thanks to co-presenter Sarah Mavula. Quebec’s Bill 96 significantly expanded existing French language requirements under Quebec’s Charter of the French language, including new translation requirements for a wide range of employment documents. Similarly, the treatment of commercial standard form contracts (or contracts of adhesion) must now be translated into French first, even if the parties agree to proceed in a language other than French, such as English.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Andrew Shaw |Jennifer Bernardo |Jeremy Hann |Stephanie MacIntosh
In this 75-minute “quick hits” style session, our team provided practical advice to Canadian in-house counsel and human resources leaders and addressed what to keep top-of-mind for 2024.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Andrew Shaw |Jennifer Bernardo |Jeremy Hann |Stephanie MacIntosh |Matthew De Lio |Juliette Mestre | +4 more
Click here to watch the video. In this 75-minute “quick hits” style session, our team provided practical advice to Canadian in-house counsel and human resources leaders and addressed what to keep top-of-mind for 2024.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Jeremy Hann |Juliette Mestre
Special thanks to our articling student Madison Bruno for contributing to this update. On November 14, the Ontario Government introduced Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2023. If passed as expected, Bill 149 would significantly change several employment statutes, building on the Working for Workers Acts, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Jeremy Hann |Juliette Mestre
Special thanks to our articling student Ravneet Minhas for contributing to this update. In a previous post, we discussed the legislative trend for greater pay transparency across Canada, including in British Columbia with the recent adoption of the Pay Transparency Act. The British Columbia government has since released on the application of the Act. This clarifies the requirement to include salary or wage information in all publicly advertised job postings, effective November 1, 2023.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Jeremy Hann |Juliette Mestre
Special thanks to our summer associate Daniel Dai for contributing to this update. British Columbia’s , which received royal assent on May 11, 2023, imposes pay disclosure and reporting obligations on both public and private sector employers to address systemic discrimination in the workplace. It is the latest in a series of new pay transparency laws across Canada. This push for more transparency to bridge the pay gap for historically disadvantaged groups is a global trend.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Jeremy Hann |Juliette Mestre
Special thanks to our summer associate Daniel Dai for contributing to this update. British Columbia’s , which received royal assent on May 11, 2023, imposes pay disclosure and reporting obligations on both public and private sector employers to address systemic discrimination in the workplace. It is the latest in a series of new pay transparency laws across Canada. This push for more transparency to bridge the pay gap for historically disadvantaged groups is a global trend.
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May 1, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Dave Bushuev |Jeremy Hann
Special thanks to Eloise Somera (articling student in our Toronto office) for co-authoring. Before the end of 2023, and every three years thereafter, all businesses or non-profits with twenty or more employees in Ontario must confirm their ongoing compliance with the accessibility requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) and submit an accessibility compliance report to the Ontario Government.
