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Publications

February 25th, 2021

Are there limits to a professional’s freedom of expression in his or her personal life?

Updated on September 1st, 2021. Professionals have ethical obligations and must respect them in all spheres of their lives, even in their private lives. While they enjoy the protection of the same constitutional rights and freedoms as all citizens, these rights and freedoms are not absolute and are circumscribed by the professional’s ethical obligations. In […]

Publications

February 24th, 2021

Rapid screening tests for private-sector enterprises

On February 17, 2021, Quebec’s Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (hereafter “MSSS”) announced that, under certain circumstances, private-sector enterprises can obtain rapid COVID-19 screening test kits. While workplaces dealing with an outbreak will continue to receive support from public health authorities, companies that want to have a supply of rapid tests on […]

Workshops and conferences

February 23rd, 2021

Insolvency and restructuring - the year 2020 in full swing

On February 23, Langlois lawyers and partners Isabelle Desharnais, Charles Lapointe and Éric Savard presented a webinar on key 2020 rulings with respect to cases involving insolvency and reorganization. Langlois knowledge – February and March 2021 Fraud, internal investigation, public contracts and professional liability are the topic of a webinar series we will be hosting in French and […]

Workshops and conferences

February 22nd, 2021

Mylany David to act as moderator on a panel to be presented at the 2021 Association québécoise de la production d'énergie renouvelable conference

On February 24, as part of the 2021 conference "Propelling our energies, boosting our economy" organized by the Association québécoise de la production d'énergie renouvelable (AQPER) Langlois lawyer and partner, Mylany David, will moderate a workshop on dam safety and maintenance with Annick Bigras, Director, Dams and Infrastructure Expertise at Hydro-Québec and Michel Dolbec, WSP's Energy Project […]

Workshops and conferences

February 18th, 2021

Impacts and solutions to the challenges of a remote workforce

Last February 18, partner Marianne Plamondon, CHRP and Marjolaine Lessard-Jean, both lawyers within our labour and employment law team, presented a webinar on the new challenges of having a remote workforce. In the spring of 2020, for many companies, having staff working remotely became the new norm. Time has come to bring in measures that will ensure […]

Publications

February 17th, 2021

With respect to paid leave, is your collective agreement really equivalent or more advantageous than the Labour Standards Act?

Introduction: the two days of paid leave Since January 1, 2019, the Act respecting Labour Standards1 (the “LSA”) provides that an employee with at least three months of continuous service with the same employer is entitled to ten days’ leave per year, the first two of which must be remunerated (“Paid Leave”), for any of […]