Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Daily Compliance News: June 24, 2025, The Questions, Questions, and More Questions Edition
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
4 Key Takeaways | Major U.S. Supreme Court Trademark & Copyright Decisions
Hidden Traffic : New Human Trafficking and Child Labor Regulation in Canada with Sean Stephenson
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Les employeurs qui exercent des activités dans plusieurs territoires du Canada doivent se tenir bien au fait des différentes normes et lois en matière d’emploi applicables afin de s’assurer de s’acquitter de leurs obligations...more
On May 13, 2025, the Saskatchewan government passed the Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 4) and the Saskatchewan Employment Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 5)....more
On Monday, April 28, 2025, Canadians will go to the polls to elect their next federal government. Voting hours vary, based on jurisdiction, as follows...more
Au cours de la dernière année, des changements importants ont été apportés à la législation en matière d’emploi un peu partout au Canada. Des mises à jour législatives majeures ont notamment été effectuées en Ontario, en...more
The past year has brought significant changes to employment laws across Canada, with major legislative updates in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, and at the federal level. With more changes set to come into force,...more
The 2025 Ontario provincial election will take place on February 27, 2025. Voters will elect their Member of Provincial Parliament to represent them at Queen’s Park. In most of the province, polls are open on election day...more
Since January 1, 2019, the Act respecting labour standards (the “Act”) provides that employees with three (3) months or more of uninterrupted service are entitled to up to two (2) days of paid absence per year due to...more
APERÇU - Depuis le 1er décembre 2022, les employés dans les lieux de travail relevant de la compétence fédérale peuvent commencer à accumuler jusqu’à 10 jours de congés payés pour des raisons médicales par année, sous...more
OVERVIEW - Effective December 1, 2022, employees in federally regulated private-sector workplaces will start to accrue up to 10 days of paid medical leave per year, subject to certain terms and conditions. This change is...more
As we ring in the new year, there are a number of legislative changes that will take effect, impacting workplaces across Canada. Below are the significant changes taking effect by January 1, 2022....more
On December 7, 2021, the Government of Ontario extended the COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit and the temporary amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000, which provided for the infectious disease emergency...more
On August 31, 2021, the Government of Ontario extended the period for the province’s paid infectious disease emergency leave (IDEL) entitlement from its original expiration date of September 25, 2021, to December 31, 2021....more
On May 20, 2021, the Government of British Columbia passed Bill 13, which amended the Employment Standards Act to provide an employee with paid leave if he or she needs to stay home for reasons related to COVID-19. The bill...more
On May 11, 2021, British Columbia (BC) announced that it had introduced Bill 13, Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 13) for first reading. Bill 13 received Royal Assent on May 20, 2021. Bill 13 amends the...more
On May 11, 2021, the British Columbia provincial government tabled new legislation seeking further amendments to the British Columbia Employment Standards Act (ESA) that, if passed, will provide workers with up to three days...more
On April 29, 2021, the Ontario Legislature passed the COVID-19 Putting Workers First Act, amending section 50.1 of Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). As a result, provincially regulated employers must now provide...more
Le 29 avril 2021, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a adopté la Loi de 2021 donnant la priorité aux travailleurs face à la COVID-19, laquelle a modifié la Loi de 2000 sur les normes d’emploi (Ontario) (la « LNE ») afin d’exiger...more
On April 29, 2021, the Ontario government passed Bill 284, COVID-19 Putting Workers First Act, 2021 (the “Act”), which amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”). The Act requires employers to provide employees...more
On April 29, 2021, the Ontario government introduced the COVID-19 Putting Workers First Act, which amended the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) to require that employers provide eligible employees with up to...more
As more Canadians become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, provinces across Canada are implementing paid COVID-19 vaccination leave policies to incentivize workers to become vaccinated as soon as possible. These leave policies...more
On April 21, 2021, the Alberta Government introduced and passed Bill 71: Employment Standards (COVID-19 Vaccination Leave) Amendment Act, 2021, which amends the Alberta Employment Standards Code to provide all Alberta...more
On April 19, 2021, the British Columbia provincial government introduced a bill seeking amendments to the British Columbia Employment Standards Act that, if passed, will provide workers with up to three hours of paid leave to...more
Early morning on September 30, 2020, the House of Commons unanimously passed legislation authorizing new benefits for Canadian workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government's latest COVID-19 legislation...more
The Alberta Government has clarified that employees will be entitled to a 14-day leave that is unpaid if they are quarantined due to COVID-19. This retreats from a prior press release from Premier Jason Kenney on March 13,...more