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Ministry of Labour Safety Blitz Targets Construction Supervisors

Heenan Blaikie LLP The Ontario Ministry of Labour announced in late August, 2012 that it would spend September and October focusing its inspections on supervisors working at construction projects....

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Foreign Workers and Termination of Employment: What to do?

Heenan Blaikie LLP The recent trouble at the operations of XL Foods raises an important question:  What do employers do when something unexpected occurs and they must terminate the employment of a...

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It’s Official: The Supreme Court of Canada concludes that employees may have...

Heenan Blaikie LLP CO-AUTHORED BY CHRISTINA HALL AND ANDREW CARRICATO The Supreme Court of Canada released its eagerly awaited decision in R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53 on October 19, 2012. In the decision,...

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BC Labour Board Finds Target not a Successor Employer to Zellers

Heenan Blaikie LLP In a highly anticipated decision, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (“BCLRB”) ruled yesterday that Target Canada’s takeover of a Zellers store in Burnaby, B.C. did not make...

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Canada to Collect Biometric Data from Temporary Foreign Workers

Heenan Blaikie LLP The Federal Government has recently announced that it will require temporary foreign workers from a range of countries to provide biometric data as part of a work permit application....

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Ontario’s Dean Panel Recommendations for Worker and Supervisor Training Move...

Heenan Blaikie LLP One key recommendation of the Dean Panel, which diligent readers will recall from the 80 page report and 46 recommendations released December 2010, was proposed mandatory OHS...

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“Right to Work” legislation, Canada, and Job Growth

Heenan Blaikie LLP You may have heard about so-called “right to work” legislation.   I certainly have.  Everywhere I go I am hearing about the encroachment of “right to work” legislation and how this...

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Ministry of Labour Safety Blitz Targets Construction Supervisors

Heenan Blaikie LLP The Ontario Ministry of Labour announced in late August, 2012 that it would spend September and October focusing its inspections on supervisors working at construction projects....

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BC Labour Board Finds Target not a Successor Employer to Zellers

Heenan Blaikie LLP In a highly anticipated decision, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (“BCLRB”) ruled yesterday that Target Canada’s takeover of a Zellers store in Burnaby, B.C. did not make...

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Certain Regulations Revoked with Coming Into Force of Ontario College of...

Hicks Morley On April 16, 2013, the Ontario government filed O. Reg. 135/13, revoking O. Reg. 573/99 and O. Reg. 222/10 made under the Apprenticeship and Certification Act, 1998. On the same day, O....

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Yukon Government launches program to expedite the entry of foreign workers

Heenan Blaikie LLP The Yukon Government has just launched a 1 year pilot program aimed at expediting the entry of foreign workers into the Territory.  The Government has specifically promised to work...

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