In a recent arbitration decision, Unifor Local 973 and Coca-Cola Bottling Limited [Coca-Cola Bottling Ltd.], the employer’s mandatory vaccination policy was upheld as reasonable. This decision is [...]

In a recent arbitration decision, The Toronto District School Board and CUPE, Local 4400 [TDSB], an employer’s mandatory vaccination policy was upheld as reasonable. This decision is part of a [...]

In a recent arbitration decision, Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175 [Extendicare], the arbitrator upheld an employer’s [...]

On April 11, 2022, the Working for Workers Act, 2022—the most recent omnibus legislation to modify employment and labour standards in Ontario—received Royal Assent, enacting the Digital Platform [...]

In the recent decision, Air Canada and Gentile-Patti, 2021 QCTAT 5829 [Gentile-Patti], Quebec’s Administrative Labour Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) held that an employee was entitled to compensation [...]

THE B.C. HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL HAS MADE ONE OF THE LARGEST DAMAGES AWARDS FOR INJURY TO DIGNITY, FEELINGS, AND SELF-RESPECT IN CANADIAN HISTORY In 2021 the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal [...]

Ontario Announces End of Mask Mandates and Vaccination Policy Requirements, Along with Long-Term Approach for Lifting Remaining COVID-Related Restrictions On March 9, 2022, Ontario’s Chief [...]

Ontario Government Seeks to Introduce New Measures for Employers Under the Proposed Working for Workers Act, 2022 Last year, the Ontario government introduced Bill 27, or the Working for Workers [...]

On February 18, 2022, the Ministry of Labour (the “Ministry”) updated its Guide to the Employment Standards Act (“ESA Guide”) to include a chapter on written policies on disconnecting from work [...]

In a series of recent decisions, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) dismissed applications alleging that multiple unions breached their duty of fair representation to their members as [...]