Tag: Leaves of Absence
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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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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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Saskatchewan Introduces Bill 200 re Saskatchewan Employment Act
Saskatchewan introduced Bill 200, The Saskatchewan Employment Amendment Act, 2019, for first reading on November 27, 2019. Bill 200 includes amendments to the employment standards and occupational health and safety provisions in the The Saskatchewan Employment Act . . .
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Manitoba Introduces Bill 7 re Leaves of Absence
Manitoba introduced Bill 7, The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (Leave for Victims of Interpersonal Violence), for first reading. Bill 7 will amend the Manitoba Employment Standards Code to expand domestic violence leave . . .
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PEI Introduces Bill 109 re Employment Standards
Bill 109, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act (No. 2), a Prince Edward Island Private Member bill was referred to Committee . . .
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Newfoundland Introduces Bill 8 re Employment Standards
Newfoundland introduced Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Labour Standards Act, for first reading on November 4, 2019. Bill 8 will amend the Newfoundland Labour Standards Act with respect to parental leave . . .
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Federal Government Publishes New Interpretations, Policies & Guidelines
In conjunction with amendments to Part III of the Canada Labour Code (the Code) coming into force on September 1, 2019, the federal government has published a series of new interpretations, policies and guidelines (IPGs) on employment standards . . .
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B.C. Consultation re Domestic & Sexual Violence Leave of Absence
Earlier this year, British Columbia passed Bill 8, which added a new unpaid domestic or sexual violence leave of absence to the Employment Standards Act. B.C. announced a consultation, which asks whether some of this leave of absence should be paid . . .
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Recap: Canada Labour Code Amendments Coming into Force September 1, 2019
Over the last 1-2 years, there has been a flurry of amendments to the Canada Labour Code (the Code). After reviewing my earlier posts, I thought it was time for a recap of the amendments to Part III of the Code and the Canada Labour Standards Regulations (the Regulations) coming into force on September 1, 2019.
A future post will review additional federal Bills and amending regulations yet to be proclaimed into force . . .
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