Category: Compensation & Benefits
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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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Federal Government Delays Changes to Stock Options
Earlier this year, the federal government tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to limit the benefit of employee stock option deductions for high-income individuals employed at large, long-established, mature organizations . . .
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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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Ontario Passes Bill 124 re Public Sector Compensation
Ontario Bill 124, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, received Royal Assent on November 7, 2019 . . .
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Ontario Fall Economic Statement 2019
Today, the Ontario government published its fall Economic Statement for 2019, which includes employment-related announcements . . .
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Ontario Consultation re Public Sector Benefits Pooling
The Ontario government announced that it is launching a consultation regarding a proposal to provide health and welfare benefits to public sector employees through a pooled benefits model . . .
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Canada Industrial Relations Board Publishes New Guidance
Further to yesterday's post regarding the Bill C-44 amendments proclaimed in force, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has posted new information circulars. These new information circulars provide guidance on: reprisal complaints, unjust dismissal complaints, wage earner protection program appeals and wage recovery appeals - all of which were recently added to the CIRB's jurisdiction . . .
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Federal Government Passes Bill C-97 re Budget Amendments
The federal government passed Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures, on June 21, 2019. Bill C-97 includes amendments to the Employment Equity Act (EEA), as well as employment-related amendments to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Employment Insurance Act (EI), Income Tax Act (ITA), Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA), Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA . . .
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Federal Notice of Ways & Means Motion re Stock Options
Further to this year's Budget announcement, the federal government tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion on stock options. The changes are intended to limit the benefit of employee stock option deductions for high-income individuals employed at large, long-established, mature organizations . . .
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Quebec Draft Regulation re Parental Insurance Rates
Quebec published a draft regulation regarding parental insurance premiums, which reduces the premium rates applicable to employers, employees and self-employed workers as of January 1, 2020 . . .
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