A decision rendered by the Quebec Court of Appeal this past June 10 should serve as a caveat for construction project owners and contract managers regarding the management of contract holdbacks: Compagnie d’assurances Jevco v. Québec (Procureure générale), 2015 QCCA 1034.
This article first appeared in French as a blog-post on the website Conseiller.ca, and has been modified to account for the adjournment of the May 21, 2015 hearing.
Further to an adjournment on May 21, 2015, former lawyer Mitchell Finkelstein and four investment advisors have been summoned to a June 17, 2015 sentencing hearing before the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC”).
ollowing a preliminary inquiry last April, a Montreal-area construction contractor was committed for trial on charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death.
Initially he had been charged with criminal negligence only, but on the basis of evidence led at the preliminary inquiry, the manslaughter charge was added.
Langlois Kronström Desjardins represented AlliancePharma Inc., a corporation listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: APA), in connection with its acquisition of Elitis Pharma Inc. for $4,150,000 and a concurrent secured credit facility, thereby making it the largest provider of replacement pharmacists and technical assistants in Quebec.
CHRP − Special Feature: Civility in the Workplace
Find out more about civility in the workplace in this special feature prepared by the Order of Certified Human Resources Professionals (CRHA) with the participation of André Sasseville. Available in French only.
All employers have the power to terminate the employment of their employees; it derives from their power of direction and control. Some provisions of the Labour Standards Act contain guidelines for the exercise of that power and prevention of its abuse by employers. Thus, an employer who dismisses an employee without good and sufficient cause must give the employee reasonable prior notice or compensation in lieu thereof. Such dismissals are generally effected by a notice to the employee stating that their services are no longer required or will no longer be required after a certain date. However, employers will sometimes proceed much more subtly when they wish to sever the employment relationship with an employee. The term associated with that is “constructive dismissal”.