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Canada: Ontario Government Introduces Significant Changes to Key Workplace Legislation

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On May 28, 2025, the Ontario Government introduced the Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30). If passed, Bill 30 will amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and...more

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Workplace Law Forecast 2025 - Your workplace law recap for 2024 and predictions for 2025 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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As we close out 2024 and look ahead to 2025, one thing is clear: this has been a year like no other. From a groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling to a pivotal election result that will usher in a new administration, employers...more

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Ontario, Canada Appeal Court Confirms Employment Contract Frustrated by Employee’s Refusal to Comply With COVID-19 Vaccination...

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In Croke v. VuPoint System Ltd., 2024 ONCA 354, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) upheld the Superior Court of Justice – Ontario (SCJ)’s summary judgment decision that an employee’s refusal to comply with their employer’s...more

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Canadian court upholds termination of unvaccinated worker

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The Ontario Court of Appeal recently held that an employee’s failure to meet COVID-19 vaccination requirements imposed by a third party amounted to frustration of the employment contract. As a result, there was no obligation...more

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The next ten years: Seyfarth’s partners discuss the future of employment and workplace safety law in Australia

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In our previous post celebrating the firm’s decade in Australia, our partners shared their insights into the most significant changes in employment and safety law that have affected leading employers. This post further...more

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A decade in Australia: Seyfarth’s partners reflect on changes in employment and workplace safety law

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Seyfarth just celebrated ten years of service to leading employers in Australia. To mark the occasion, we invited some of our partners to share insights on the evolution of employment, industrial relations and workplace...more

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Alberta, Canada Court Holds Placing Employee on Unpaid Leave for Failure to Comply with Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy is...

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In Van Hee v Glenmore Inn Holdings Ltd., 2023 ABCJ 244 (Glenmore), the Alberta Court of Justice found that an employer’s mandatory vaccination policy was a reasonable, justified and lawful response to the extraordinary...more

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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

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Working Wise: Psychosocial Risk and Regulation – A Global Overview

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K&L Gates partners Dominic Fleeton, Dylan G. Moses, and David C. Lindsay compare and contrast the approaches to regulating and enforcing the management of psychosocial risks and hazards in Australia, the United Kingdom, and...more

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Co nas czeka w prawie pracy? Zmiany, zmiany, zmiany!

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Wraz z wiosną nadchodzą zmiany w prawie pracy. Te najistotniejsze i najbardziej znaczące dla Działów HR dotyczą pracy zdalnej, work-life balance i ochrony sygnalistów. W ramach praktyki Prawa Pracy Kancelarii Hogan Lovells...more

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What awaits us in Polish labour law? Changes, changes, changes!

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The spring brings with it a series of changes in the labour law. The most relevant and significant changes for HR Departments concern those regulations dealing with remote work, work-life balance, and whistleblower...more

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Canada: BC Supreme Court Upholds Mandatory Vaccination Policy for Non-Unionized Employees

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The British Columbia Supreme Court recently sided with an employer in its first civil case determining whether employees may be placed on unpaid leave for failing to comply with a mandatory vaccination policy. The court’s...more

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Wegfall der Corona-Arbeitsschutzverordnung angekündigt

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Die aktuelle Corona-Arbeitsschutzverordnung gilt noch bis zum 7. April 2023. Nun hat der Bundesarbeitsminister Hubertus Heil angekündigt, dass sie bereits zum 2. Februar 2023 wegfallen soll....more

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Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Measures: Unpaid Leave for Non-Compliance with Mandatory Vaccination Policy Not...

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With the decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court in Parmar v Tribe Management Inc. 2022 BCSC 1675 (“Parmar”), Canada has its first judicial decision considering whether placing a non-union employee on unpaid leave of...more

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British Columbia Court Finds Employer May Place Employee on Unpaid Leave for Failing to Comply with its Mandatory COVID-19...

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Although arbitrators in Canada have considered whether an employer in a unionized workplace can place an employee on unpaid leave for failing to comply with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, the British Columbia...more

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NEUE CORONA-ARBEITSSCHUTZ-VO

Überarbeiteter Entwurf aus dem BMAS für die Zeit ab dem 1. Oktober 2022 - Der nächste Corona-Herbst rückt näher und so war zu erwarten, dass Unternehmen erneut strengere Vorgaben gemacht werden, um das Risiko einer...more

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Mit dem Herbst kehrt auch die Corona-Arbeitsschutzverordnung zurück

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Die CoronaArbSchV gilt für den Zeitraum vom 1. Oktober 2022 bis zum 7. April 2023. Aus den letzten Jahren wissen wir, dass es auch zu einer Verlängerung der Regelungen kommen kann. Die Regelungen werden wieder ohne weitere...more

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Canada: Another Arbitrator Dismisses Grievance Disputing Mandatory Vaccination Policy

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On April 27, 2022, in Canada Post Corporation v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Canada Post), Arbitrator Thomas Joliffe, Q.C. dismissed a union grievance disputing that the unilateral imposition of a mandatory vaccination...more

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Canada: Key Trends in Arbitration Awards Pertaining to Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

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Since late fall 2021, we have seen a steady flow of arbitration awards emerge in Ontario and British Columbia that consider issues relating to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies in the unionized workplace. In this...more

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British Columbia, Canada: Arbitrator Upholds Electricity Provider’s Vaccination Policy But Severs Discipline Aspect as...

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In BC Hydro and Power Authority and IBEW, Local 258, Re, 2022 CarswellBC 837, Arbitrator Gabriel Somjen decided that the mandatory vaccination policy of BC Hydro, British Columbia’s primary electricity supplier, was...more

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Kein Beschäftigungsanspruch für Mitarbeitende im Gesundheitswesen ohne Impf- und Genesenennachweis

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Das Arbeitsgericht Gießen hatte sich in zwei Fällen (5 Ga 1/22 und 5 Ga 2/22) mit der Frage zu beschäftigen, ob Mitarbeitende eines Seniorenheims ohne Impf- und Genesenennachweis auch ohne behördliches Beschäftigungsverbots...more

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Ontario, Canada: Mandatory Vaccination Policy Upheld Despite Government’s Reduction of COVID-19 Restrictions

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On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home’s mandatory vaccination policy as a reasonable...more

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Ontario, Canada Arbitrator Decides Mandatory Vaccination Policy Does Not Infringe Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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In The Toronto District School Board and CUPE, Local 4400 (Re: PR734 COVID-19 Vaccine Procedure) (TDSB and CUPE), Arbitrator William Kaplan upheld the Toronto District School Board’s (TDSB) mandatory COVID-19 vaccination...more

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Ontario, Canada: Another Arbitration Decision Upholds Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

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In Unifor Local 973 v Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited, 2022 CanLII 20322, Arbitrator Mark Wright made another contribution to the “weight of authority” in Ontario labour arbitration awards pertaining to mandatory COVID-19...more

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Corona-Arbeitsschutzverordnung wird verlängert

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In der Minister*innenkonferenz am 16. Februar 2022 wurden weitreichende Lockerungen, insbesondere der Wegfall der Homeoffice-Pflicht ab dem 20. März 2022 beschlossen. Basisschutzmaßnahmen sollen aber erhalten bleiben. Hierzu...more

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