Changes to Emergency Leave Requirements in the Auto Industry
The final report from Ontario’s Changing Workplaces Review is expected any day now, but in a taste of what’s to come, some changes are already being implemented. Since 2004, s. 50 of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) has required employers with more than 50 employees to provide 10 u…
View the post titled Changes to Emergency Leave Requirements in the Auto IndustryProposed New Charge to Water Bottling Facilities
On January 18, 2017 the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (“Ministry”) posted on the Environmental Registry for a 60 day review and comment period a regulation proposing a regulatory charge on water bottling facilities. The proposed charge would apply to water bottling facilitie…
View the post titled Proposed New Charge to Water Bottling FacilitiesThe Vexing Problem Of Limitations In Environmental Cases Rises Again
Last August, we reported on recent case law dealing with the difficult question of how to determine limitation periods in environmental claims. In the January 2017 Court of Appeal decision of Crombie Property Holdings Limited v. McColl-Frontenac Inc., the court overturned the trial court’s d…
View the post titled The Vexing Problem Of Limitations In Environmental Cases Rises AgainAccessibility Obligations for Employers with Under 50 Employees
Effective January 1, 2017 there are new accessibility standards for employers with under 50 employees. Larger non-public employers with more than 50 employees were required to implement new employment standards and communications obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabil…
View the post titled Accessibility Obligations for Employers with Under 50 EmployeesBuilding Greener under the Ontario Building Code
Buildings are a tremendous source of greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions. It is estimated that buildings contribute up to one third of global GHG emissions. Environment and Climate Change Canada estimates that the buildings sector accounts for 12 per cent of Canada’s total emissions in comparis…
View the post titled Building Greener under the Ontario Building CodeEndean v British Columbia: efficient and economic access to justice for Canadian class members
In October 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its decision in Endean v British Columbia, 2016 SCC 42, holding that superior court judges have the discretionary power to sit outside of their home jurisdictions, pursuant to section 12 of the Class Proceedings Act. Endean was a …
View the post titled Endean v British Columbia: efficient and economic access to justice for Canadian class membersRaibex Canada Ltd. v ASWR Franchising Corp., Implications for Franchisors
Executive Summary and Client Advisory This case, decided late in the late Fall of 2016 and currently under appeal, is potentially highly problematic to franchisors who sign franchise agreements with prospects before a site has been selected. In essence, the trial judge found that doing so is…
View the post titled Raibex Canada Ltd. v ASWR Franchising Corp., Implications for FranchisorsFranchising – Presale Disclosure Now Mandatory in British Columbia
For those franchisors offering, or planning to offer, franchises in British Columbia, please take note that effective February 1, 2017, you must now provide a BC-compliant disclosure document to all franchise prospects at least 14 days prior to signing any agreement relating to the franchise…
View the post titled Franchising – Presale Disclosure Now Mandatory in British ColumbiaCitizen Can’t Seek Damages for Alleged Breach of Charter Rights by Alberta Energy Board
A year after hearing the case, four out of nine judges of the Supreme Court of Canada have ruled in Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator that Ms. Ernst cannot make a claim for an alleged breach of her freedom of speech Charter rights by the Alberta Energy Regulator (“Board”). Further, the judge…
View the post titled Citizen Can’t Seek Damages for Alleged Breach of Charter Rights by Alberta Energy BoardOntario Labour Relations Board Seeks Submissions on Possible Elimination of “White Areas”
The Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “OLRB”) is considering revamping how it geographically organizes construction bargaining units in Northern Ontario, and is seeking submissions from the public. Since 1980, the OLRB has consistently recognized bargaining units in the construction sector…
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