Alberta Arbitrators Strike Oil Company’s Random Alcohol and Drug Testing Policy
Employers looking to Alberta for a legal precedent to support their random alcohol and drug testing policies will need to keep looking, after Alberta arbitrators deemed Suncor Energy Inc.’s random testing policy to be an unreasonable exercise of Suncor’s management...
Ontario Proposes Sweeping Changes for Broader Public Sector Accountability
On March 24, 2014, the Ontario Legislature introduced Bill 179, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 for first reading by lawmakers. The stated goals of the legislation are to strengthen political accountability, enhance oversight, and increase...
Alberta Arbitrators Strike Oil Company’s Random Alcohol and Drug Testing Policy
Employers looking to Alberta for a legal precedent to support their random alcohol and drug testing policies will need to keep looking, after Alberta arbitrators deemed Suncor Energy Inc.’s random testing policy to be an unreasonable exercise of Suncor’s management...
Ontario Proposes Sweeping Changes for Broader Public Sector Accountability
On March 24, 2014, the Ontario Legislature introduced Bill 179, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014 for first reading by lawmakers. The stated goals of the legislation are to strengthen political accountability, enhance oversight, and increase transparency in...
Reinventing the Wheel: Changes to the Standard “40 Hour” Work Week and Expanded Decertification Timelines
Saskatchewan has overhauled all of its employment related laws and combined them into The Saskatchewan Employment Act. While the Act itself has been finalized it has not yet come into force and is not yet law. The hold-up appears to...
Broader Public Sector Accountability Measures En Route
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Broader Public Sector Accountability Measures En Route
The Government of Ontario announced on March 6, 2014 that it will introduce legislation to strengthen accountability and increase transparency. Some of these measures were raised by the Government in the late fall of 2013. Although the legislation has not...
Broader Public Sector Accountability Measures En Route
The Government of Ontario announced on March 6, 2014 that it will be introducing legislation to strengthen accountability and increasing transparency. Some of these measures had previously been raised by the Government in the late fall of 2013. Although the...
Pension Benefits Not Deductible From Wrongful Dismissal Damages
Author: Richard Truman On December 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much anticipated decision in IBM Canada Limited v. Waterman 2013 SCC 70. The case confirms that employers may not deduct earned pension benefits from damages owed...
Alberta Court Freezes Union Legislation
The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench granted an injunction to prevent an Alberta law from coming into force until a Constitutional challenge to the law is decided. The Alberta Public Service Salary Restraint Act (“PSSRA”), which imposes wage rate terms...
