Category: Quebec
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Federal/Quebec Changes to EI/QPIP Premiums
Effective January 1, 2020, the Employment Insurance (EI) premium rate for employees will be reduced to $1.58 per $100 of insurable earnings. For Quebec employees, premiums for the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan will be $1.20 per $100 of insurable earnings, while their employers will pay $1.68 per $100 of insurable earnings . . .
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Quebec Announces Increase to Minimum Wage
Quebec announced that its general minimum wage will increase to $13.10 effective May 1, 2020 . . .
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Year End Review: Health & Safety & Workers Compensation
Here is the fourth (and final) post in a series of “Year End Review” posts on Optimize Employment. Today’s post highlights 2019 developments in occupational health and safety and workers' compensation legislation across Canada . . .
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Year End Review: Labour Relations
Here is post #3 in a series of “Year End Review” posts on Optimize Employment. Today’s post highlights 2019 developments in labour relations legislation across Canada . . .
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Year End Review: Human Rights & Accessibility
Here is the second post in a series of “Year End Review” posts on Optimize Employment. Today’s post highlights 2019 developments in human rights and accessibility legislation across Canada . . .
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Quebec Introduces Bill 51 re Parental Leave
Quebec introduced Bill 51, An Act mainly to improve the flexibility of the parental insurance plan in order to promote family-work balance, Projet de loi n°51 : Loi visant principalement à améliorer la flexibilité du régime d’assurance parentale afin de favoriser la conciliation famille-travail for first reading on November 28, 2019. Bill 51 will amend the Act respecting parental insurance/Loi sur l’assurance parentale and the Act respecting labour standards /Loi sur les normes du travail, with respect to parental benefits . . .
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Quebec Final Regulation re Temporary Agencies
Quebec published Regulation O.C. 1148-2019 under the Act respecting labour standards (the Act), which establishes the rules related to a mandatory licence system for businesses operating a personnel placement agency or a recruitment agency for temporary foreign workers . . .
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Year End Review: Employment Standards
This is the first in a series of “Year End Review” posts on Optimize Employment. Today’s post highlights 2019 developments in employment standards across Canada . . .
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Quebec Draft Regulation re Health & Safety – Noise Protection
Quebec published a draft regulation to amend various regulations under An Act respecting occupational health and safety in relation to noise exposure . . .
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Quebec Passes Bill 33 re Essential Services & Right to Strike
Quebec passes Bill 33, An Act to amend the Labour Code concerning the maintenance of essential services in public services and in the public and parapublic sectors, on October 31, 2019. The Bill amends the Labour Code with respect to the maintenance of essential services in the event of a strike . . .
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