Katelyn Weller on Employer Liability Issues

Bill 149 Receives Royal Assent—New and Upcoming Legislative Changes for Ontario Employers

On March 21, 2024 Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2023 (Bill 149) received Royal Assent. As discussed in our initial blog, More Legislative Changes on the Horizon for Ontario Employers, late last year when the...more

4/17/2024 / Canada , Disclosure Requirements , Employee Definition , Employees , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Employment Policies , Human Resources Professionals , Pay Transparency

More Legislative Changes on the Horizon for Ontario Employers

On November 14, 2023, the Ontario government tabled Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2023 (Bill 149) which, as of the date of this blog, has been referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. If implemented as...more

12/6/2023 / Artificial Intelligence , Canada , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Hiring & Firing , Human Resources Professionals , Non-Compete Agreements , Ontario , Pay Transparency , Wage and Hour

Ontario Provides Details on Workplace Naloxone Kit Requirements

On December 12, 2022, the Ontario Legislature published Regulation 559/22: Naloxone Kits (Regulation) providing further details on the naloxone kit requirements introduced as part of the Working for Workers Act, 2022, (Bill...more

1/4/2023 / Canada , Corporate Counsel , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Human Resources Professionals , Opioid , Workplace Safety

Ontario Bill 27: Working for Workers Act, 2021 is Now the Law

As you may have heard or read in our earlier blog, Ontario Introduces Employee-Friendly Legislation Which Includes Prohibition on Non-Competes, the government introduced Bill 27: Working for Workers Act, 2021 in late October...more

12/8/2021 / Canada , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Employment Standards Act , Human Resources Professionals , Labor Reform , Non-Compete Agreements , Ontario

Ontario Introduces Employee-Friendly Legislation Which Includes Prohibition on Non-Competes

The Ontario government introduced legislation on October 25, 2021, which if passed, will prohibit non-competes in employment agreements, mandate that employers have a "disconnect from work" policy and require temporary help...more

11/1/2021 / Canada , Employee Benefits , Employee Handbooks , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Hiring & Firing , Human Resources Professionals , Ontario

COVID-19 Screening Now Required for Access to Ontario Workplace

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Ontario, Premier Ford announced on September 28, 2020, that Ontario "is in the second wave". As part of measures to flatten the curve during this second wave of COVID-19,...more

10/2/2020 / Canada , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employer Liability Issues , Health and Safety , Infectious Diseases , Public Health , Risk Management , Virus Testing , Wage and Hour , Workplace Safety

An Alternative to Layoffs—Federal Work Sharing Program Provides Potential Respite from COVID-19 Wage Crunch

As an alternative to engaging in layoffs or reducing work-weeks (which we discuss in Employer's Guide to COVID-19—Managing Issues of Pay), an employer may consider applying for relief under the existing Canadian Work Sharing...more

4/7/2020 / Canada , Employer Liability Issues , Hiring & Firing , Wage and Hour

Katelyn Weller

Bennett Jones LLP

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