Category: Employment Standards
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Alberta Regulation re Employment Standards – New Exemptions & Special Rules
Alberta filed two regulations - Regulation 172/2019 and Regulation 181/2019 - amending the Employment Standards Regulation. The regulations make changes to the special rules and exemptions related to the Alberta Employment Standards Code (ESC . . .
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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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Federal Expert Panel Report on Labour Standards
The federal government released the Expert Panel report on labour standards. Per my earlier post, the federal government established an Expert Panel to study and provide recommendations on labour standards and other workplace issues . . .
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Newfoundland Passed Bill 8 re Parental Leave
Newfoundland Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Labour Standards Act, received Royal Assent on December 6, 2019. Bill 8 amends the Newfoundland Labour Standards Act with respect to parental leave . . .
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Manitoba Passes Bill 7 re Domestic Violence Leave
Manitoba Bill 7, The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (Leave for Victims of Interpersonal Violence), received Royal Assent on December 5, 2019 . . .
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Alberta Passes Bills 21 & 26 re Employment Standards & Labour Relations
Alberta Bill 21, Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability Act, 2019, and Bill 26, Farm Freedom and Safety Act, 2019, received Royal Assent on December 5, 2019. Both Bills include amendments to the Employment Standards Code and the Labour Relations Code . . .
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Alberta Bill 26 Includes Employment Standards & Labour Relations Amendments
Alberta Bill 26, Farm Freedom and Safety Act, 2019, was passed by Committee on November 27, 2019. Bill 26 includes amendments to the Employment Standards Code and Labour Relations Code in relation to farms and ranches . . .
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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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Manitoba Introduces Bill 2 re Retail Business Holidays
Manitoba introduced Bill 2, The Retail Business Hours of Operation Act (Various Acts Amended or Repealed) for first reading on November 22, 2019. Bill 2 includes amendments to the Manitoba Employment Standards Code with respect to days of rest for retail businesses . . .
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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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