Labour & Employment
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January 27, 2025
CFIB: Canadian businesses faced $51.5B in regulatory costs in 2024, up 13.5 per cent from 2020
Canadian businesses faced compliance costs of $51.5 billion in 2024, up 13.5 per cent from $45.4 billion in 2020, according to estimates by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
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January 27, 2025
New year, new legislation, good time to review, update employment contracts
With the start of a new year, employers should take the opportunity to review and update employment contracts and policies while preparing for new legislation.
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January 23, 2025
SCC judge’s 13-year track record shows concern for fairness, privacy rights & access to justice
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Andromache Karakatsanis rarely attracts headlines, but her low public profile belies her impact on the legal landscape over the past 13 years in judgments that enforced the Charter rights of Canadians and pushed to expand access to justice, court watchers say.
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January 24, 2025
Exclusive: SCC’s Karakatsanis J. says job is ‘so extraordinary, it’s hard to think about doing anything else’
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Andromache Karakatsanis has seen many changes at the court since she was appointed in 2011 but its recent historic transformation into a fully bilingual female-majority court is “fantastic,” she says.
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January 24, 2025
B.C. Premier’s mandate letter to AG emphasizes improved access to justice, focus on crime
A new year, a new mandate for members of B.C.’s cabinet. Months after an extremely narrow election victory that saw the NDP win a one-seat majority in the provincial legislature, B.C.’s Premier David Eby has given marching orders to his executive council by issuing mandate letters, which outline the agenda he expects them to follow over the coming months.
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January 24, 2025
F-1 student status and work authorizations
An F-1 Visa (Academic Student) allows a person to enter the United States as a full-time student. Many F-1 students want to work since U.S. college and university programs can be expensive — particularly for foreign students. While tuition fees vary dramatically between institutions, international students can expect to pay US$25,000 or more per year for public institutions or significantly more for private ones just for tuition. Many students need to offset the cost of tuition as well as living expenses by working.
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January 24, 2025
Top Ontario employment law decisions of 2024, part two
Compared with the last few years, 2024 was a somewhat uneventful year in employment law. However, we still saw our courts take some surprising stances on important issues, and in at least one case, our Court of Appeal chose not to take a stance at all. The following is part two of the top Ontario employment law decisions of 2024.
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January 23, 2025
Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge against Quebec’s secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a constitutional challenge against a Quebec law that prohibits certain public workers from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties.
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January 23, 2025
Top Ontario employment law decisions of 2024
Compared with the last few years, 2024 was a somewhat uneventful year in employment law. However, we still saw our courts take some surprising stances on important issues, and in at least one case, our Court of Appeal chose not to take a stance at all. The following is the first half of a two part series on the top Ontario employment law decisions of 2024.
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January 23, 2025
Oh no! I won the lottery! | Michael Cochrane
A lottery win is a once in a lifetime cause for popping champagne corks right? As can be seen from the recent B.C. case (Nagar v. Mann, 2025 BCSC 38) in which a group of co-workers fought over a $2 million BC/Lotto 49 win, sadly, popping a cork is not for everyone.