Labour & Employment
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September 26, 2024
Immigration measures fall short in addressing international student crisis | Sergio R. Karas
On Sept. 18, 2024, the federal government announced an additional 10 per cent reduction in the study permit intake cap, lowering the target from 485,000 to 437,000 for 2025. The government also outlined plans to limit spousal work permit eligibility to only spouses of master’s degree students enrolled in programs lasting at least 16 months, and spouses of foreign workers in management or professional roles within sectors experiencing labour shortages.
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September 25, 2024
Federal Court expands RCMP class action to include affected family members
The Federal Court has expanded a class action against the RCMP to include family members of RCMP members and reservists allegedly subjected to systemic bullying, intimidation and harassment.
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September 25, 2024
Executive employment contracts: What C-suite executives need to know | Frank Portman
One of the most important legal relationships in any Canadian’s life is their legal relationship with their employer. This relationship is defined by the employment contract, written or unwritten, between worker and employer about how they will work together. This is especially true for executives and executive employment contracts.
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September 24, 2024
Appeal court finds insurance policy barred claims from previous employee class action
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurance policy provided to directors and officers of an insolvent company barred coverage for claims asserted in an employment class action brought against the company.
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September 24, 2024
Canada inks halibut fishing deal with France; begins Beaufort Sea boundary talks with U.S. this fall
Canada has cut a deal with France on sharing the fishing quota for the total allowable catch Canada sets for Atlantic halibut, and Ottawa has also created a “joint task force” with the U.S. government to negotiate the disputed Canada-U.S. boundary in the Beaufort Sea.
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September 24, 2024
Safeguarding intellectual property: Key insights for employers
In today’s dynamic business environment, companies are dedicating substantial resources to the creation of innovative products, technologies and processes to gain a competitive edge. However, the value of these innovations can be jeopardized if intellectual property ownership is not clearly established and protected within the employment context. It can be crucial for companies to ensure that they obtain and retain ownership of intellectual property developed by their employees and, in some cases, even intellectual property created by their contractors.
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September 23, 2024
Toronto office of Hicks Morley welcomes 3 associates
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Story LLP recently announced the addition of Jennifer Li, Lukas Furlan and Zachary Demers as associates in the firm’s Toronto office.
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September 20, 2024
Canadian Judicial Council says guidelines coming for federal judges’ use of AI, social media
As part of their two-day fall meeting in Charlottetown this week, the chief and associate-chief justices of the nation’s superior courts discussed their progress in creating guidelines for federal judges’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) says.
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September 19, 2024
Treasury Board president Anita Anand gets second Cabinet post as transport minister
Liberal MP Anita Anand, the president of the federal Treasury Board and former defence minister in the Liberal government, has taken on the additional post of minister of transportation.
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September 19, 2024
Bar groups, regulators condemn Manitoba NDP’s ouster of lawyer MLA over Nygard connection
The Law Society of Manitoba, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC) and Crown and defence bar groups are deploring comments publicly made by Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Mike Moyes, chair of the governing NDP caucus, that purported to justify expelling a Winnipeg criminal lawyer from their caucus because he works at a law firm that defends Peter Nygard, a high-profile Manitoban recently convicted of multiple sex crimes.