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    Labour and Employment Law

    Labour and employment conditions are undergoing massive changes. To keep their businesses on a sustainable footing, employers must adapt to artificial intelligence and innovative technologies, demographic shifts, and immigration and labour mobility issues.

    Our Labour and Employment Law group provides a full range of custom services to medium-sized to large private and public corporations, as well as public and parapublic bodies. Our team can advise you on managing everyday HR issues, as well as crises.

    Regardless of the level of strategic support you require, our renowned professionals will provide you with industry-leading personalized service. Engaged in furthering your organizational goals and addressing your key challenges, our professionals offer outstanding availability to forge a genuine partnership with your organization.

    Our best-in-class service is underpinned by a tight focus on communicating, conferring, delegating, and sharing and transferring knowledge with you.

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    April 10th, 2025

    Amendments to certain labour standards: what should federally regulated employers expect?
    Nearly seven years ago, the federal government’s Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 introduced new provisions to the Canada Labour Code applicable to federally regulated employers, aimed at legislating on equal treatment and temporary help agencies. As of today, these provisions are not yet in force and await their effective date, which will be set by an order of the Governor in Council. On February 22, 2025, the federal government published draft regulations amending, among other things, the Canada Labour Standards Regulations, to support the eventual implementation of the new Code provisions. In this article, we outline the main changes to the Code, as well as the proposed new amendments to the Regulations.
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    April 7th, 2025

    Federal election 2025: what Canadian employers need to know
    With the federal election fast approaching, Canadian employers must adapt to comply with the provisions of the Canada Elections Act. Here’s a summary of the rules that apply on that day, when every Canadian citizen aged 18 and over on polling day will be called upon to vote.
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