Latest Case Law: Canada: Rules for Statutory Severance Pay are Clarified by the Ontario Labour Relations Board In Hawkes v Max Aicher (North America) Limited, 2018 CanLII 125999, the Ontario Labour Relations Board recently clarified that only an employer's Ontario payroll is considered when calculating severance pay under the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000. Employers with international operations may be exempt from the requirement to provide statutory severance pay if their Ontario payrolls are less than $2.5 million » Read More
Impending Changes of Legislation: Canada: New "Employer Health Tax" Now in Effect in British Columbia Pursuant to the new Employer Health Tax Act, certain employers in British Columbia are now required to pay to the government for each calendar year a tax equal to 1.95% of the BC remuneration paid by the employer during the calendar year » Read More
Other Observations: Canada: Heller v Uber Technologies Inc: Reconsidering Mandatory Arbitration in Employment and Services Agreements In Heller v Uber Technologies Inc, 2019 ONCA 1, the Ontario Court of Appeal found that a mandatory arbitration clause—requiring Uber drivers to arbitrate disputes in the Netherlands—was invalid and unenforceable. This decision provides lessons to employers from other jurisdictions that operate in Ontario » Read More
Upcoming International Events: Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti Webinar: "Best Practices for Managing Proceedings Commenced by Self-Represented Litigants" - February 28, 2019 at 8:00 AM EST Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti will host Flying Solo: Best Practices for Managing Proceedings Commenced by Self-Represented Litigants, a free webinar. During this webinar, attendees will learn how to manage litigation or potential litigation with self-represented individuals, including best practices for ethical advocacy; strategies the courts and administrative tribunals use to manage litigation involving self-represented litigants; and what concerns self-represented litigants have and how those concerns can affect the litigation process » View Event
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