Canada
Labour Code changes under Bill C - 63 (passed but not yet in force; Expected to come into force sometime in 2018):
Sherrard thinks there'll be a significant increase in employment standards compliance work for employment lawyers, and he also expects more activity for labour lawyers providing services to federally regulated employers in the wake of recent Canada
Labour Code changes.
Not exact matches
Both
Labour and the Conservatives back
changes to the School Admissions
Code which will prioritise children eligible for the pupil premium.
The amendments to the
Code represent significant
changes to the
labour relations regime in Alberta.
In Alberta, the Ministry of Jobs, Skills, Training and
Labour is in the process of considering feedback that was received as part of its public consultation process on potential
changes to the OHS
Code that was collected in early 2015.
The
changes being proposed with respect to the
Labour Relations
Code are less clear, however appear to include the following areas: mandating the inclusion of the Rand formula in collective agreements, amending union certification processes, assessing existing dispute resolution options for intractable disputes and broadening the mandate of, and improving the powers, procedures and remedial options of, the Alberta
Labour Relations Board.
For help with implementations of new or
changed Employment Standards
Code and
Labour Relations
Code rules in relation to HR policies and practices, consider consulting First Reference products.
Employers have six months to consider these new Employment Standards
Code and
Labour Relations
Code rules and implement any necessary
changes or new requirements to their HR practices, policies and procedures, collective agreement and payroll system to ensure compliance.
A recap of the upcoming
changes to the Employment Standards
Code and
Labour Relations
Code with amendments include:
In addition to
changes to the Income Tax Act and a number of other acts, Bill C - 63 makes a number of
changes to scheduling practices and leaves of absence under the Canada
Labour Code employment standards section.
Both the Employment Standards
Code and
Labour Relations
Code have not been significantly updated in almost 30 years and according to the Alberta government, the nature of work and family life have
changed a lot since then... [more]
The second and third articles outline
changes under the
Labour Relations
Code, the Occupational Health & Safety Act and the Workers» Compensation Act.
Most of the Act's
changes to the
Labour Relations
Code came into force on June 7, 2017.
Employers should immediately ensure that they are familiar with the
changes made to the
Labour Standards
Code, as the majority of these
changes are now already in force.
I think we're going to see not only more of a shift to human rights cases, but potentially a call for a
change to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 to include the right of reinstatement following dismissal, similar to what is already provided for in section 240 of the Canada
Labour Code.
Amending the ESA to mirror the Canada
Labour Code would make it much harder for employers to not only terminate employment, but likely make fundamental
changes to the terms of employment.
Our regular readers may remember our previous posts on upcoming
changes to the Canada
Labour Code.
Labour Pains Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — How the Human Rights
Code is
Changing Ontario Employment Law
Compassionate care leave for federally regulated employees is governed by the Canada
Labour Code, which is also set to
change in 2016.
The union launched a grievance alleging that the dismissal of the employees constituted a
change in their conditions of employment that violated section 59 of the
Labour Code.
Both the Employment Standards
Code and
Labour Relations
Code have not been significantly updated in almost 30 years and according to the Alberta government, the nature of work and family life have
changed a lot since then.
In Alberta, the NDP government introduced Bill 17: Fair and Family - friendly Workplaces Act, which proposes the biggest
changes to Alberta's Employment Standards
Code and
Labour Relations
Code in decades.
In British Columbia, the relatively still new NDP government is looking at
changes to the
labour relations
code that would allow for moving from a secret ballot to a card system for union certification.
Following a review of the
Labour Relations Code that included 340 written submissions from business, industry, organized labour, non-profits and the general public, as well as technical advice from respected labour lawyer and former Labour Relations Board Chairperson, Andrew Sims, Q.C., a series of proposed changes to the Code are included in Bill 17: The Fair and Family - friendly Workplace
Labour Relations
Code that included 340 written submissions from business, industry, organized
labour, non-profits and the general public, as well as technical advice from respected labour lawyer and former Labour Relations Board Chairperson, Andrew Sims, Q.C., a series of proposed changes to the Code are included in Bill 17: The Fair and Family - friendly Workplace
labour, non-profits and the general public, as well as technical advice from respected
labour lawyer and former Labour Relations Board Chairperson, Andrew Sims, Q.C., a series of proposed changes to the Code are included in Bill 17: The Fair and Family - friendly Workplace
labour lawyer and former
Labour Relations Board Chairperson, Andrew Sims, Q.C., a series of proposed changes to the Code are included in Bill 17: The Fair and Family - friendly Workplace
Labour Relations Board Chairperson, Andrew Sims, Q.C., a series of proposed
changes to the
Code are included in Bill 17: The Fair and Family - friendly Workplaces Act.
As a result of recent enactments, a number of significant
changes to Alberta's
Labour Relations
Code («LRC») are now in effect, as outlined below.