On December 6, 2018, Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 (“Bill 66”), passed First Reading. If Bill 66 is passed in its current form, it will impact several statutes in the province. ...more
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On June 1, 2017, the government introduced Bill 148 in the Ontario Legislative Assembly, and the Bill passed unanimously on first reading. The Bill contains important amendments to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 and...more
The former owner of two defunct businesses has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for non-payment of more than $125,000 in wages owed to 43 employees. The employer was convicted of failing to comply with an Order to Pay made...more
In May 2015, the Ontario government appointed two Special Advisors (Michael Mitchell and The Honourable John C. Murray) to review the modern-day workplace and to consider whether the Ontario Labour Relations Act, 1995...more