Justice Winkler's views on
labour law reform have been of considerable interest, especially considering his holding in Fraser v. Ontario, overturned this year by the Supreme Court of Canada.
With the new Saskatchewan Employment Act, pending federal
labour law reforms, Alberta's Bill 4 amending who has the right to strike and Ontario legislation under review, the labour relations world appears to be filled with change — and yet for practitioners many of these changes seem familiar.
Not exact matches
We can also expect to hear some hint about what type of
reforms the government could make to Alberta's outdated
labour laws in this session of the Assembly.
Neither the Conservatives nor
Labour have shown any interest in
reforming Britain's drug
laws, although there are reports of a more sympathetic response from David Cameron in recent months.
A pledge was made to the «
reform of party funding to end sleaze» with the commitment to a
law to require all parties to declare the source of all donations above a minimum figure, which
Labour already did voluntarily.
In those five years, industrial relations
law began to be transformed and that
reform continued under
Labour's Tony Blair.
Even if
Labour did
reform the
laws governing party funding, does anyone believe that they are competent or honest enough to abide by them?
But former
Labour Home Secretary David Blunkett, who liberalised
laws on cannabis, and whose
reforms were later reversed, called them «perverse».
Mr
Laws says Mr Balls killed off any chance of
Labour backing voting
reforms, calling it «a calculated wrecking device».
Mr Corbyn yesterday pledged to reverse the Tories» trade union
reforms with a «workers» rights»
law and set up a Ministry of
Labour to fight on the side of employees.
«
Reforming labour law,» Kaplan said, «is best done incrementally.»
The Ontario government has announced its intention to introduce several widespread
reforms to
labour and employment
laws in the province.
Reforms are coming to Ontario's
labour laws, but how far - ranging they will be — or even if the Wynne government will implement them before the next provincial elections in 2018 — remains to be seen.
Those of us who
labour only on the
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law reform margins of international arbitration (Canada is updating its uniform legislation implementing the Model
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Just over a year ago, we introduced readers to the Changing Workplaces Review, the Ontario Ministry of
Labour's effort to
reform the
laws governing both unionized and non-unionized workplaces and the workforces that comprise them.
While employers in federally - regulated industries are not subject to these changes, the federal government is undertaking significant
labour and employment
law reform that employers should be aware of and will be affected by.
CACE promotes excellence in the specialized field of
labour and employment
law, and engages in legislation and
law reform activities at the provincial and federal level.
In 2015, the Ontario government initiated the Changing Workplaces Review (Review) with a view to identifying potential
reforms to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) and the
Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA) to ensure that the province's employment standards and labour relations laws continue to reflect modern real
Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA) to ensure that the province's employment standards and
labour relations laws continue to reflect modern real
labour relations
laws continue to reflect modern realities.
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The UK
law reform and human rights organisation JUSTICE has produced a discussion paper outlining the issues involved in producing a British Bill of Rights (something that influential voices in
Labour and the Conservatives have called for), including content (ECHR - plus, not ECHR - minus), amendability, enforcement and the process for reaching agreement on such an instrument.
Ontario's
labour laws are expected to soon be
reformed by the current Liberal government under Premier Kathleen Wynne.
On December 10, 2015, the Ontario government passed Bill 109, the Employment and
Labour Statute
Law Amendment Act, 2015 and Bill 144, the Budget Measures Act, 2015, two pieces of legislation that implement a number of
reforms to various workplace
laws.
Just over a year ago, we introduced readers to the Changing Workplaces Review, the Ontario Ministry of
Labour's effort to
reform the
laws governing both unionized and
We keep in touch with the government on our projects, to the extent possible, and recognizing our role as an independent
law reform body; that includes Sheilagh Stewart (at the Ministry of the Attorney General, she also has written a book on the POA) and Jeremy Griggs (the Chair of the MAG Streamlining Review), as well as people from the Ministries of Environment, Transportation and
Labour.
Injured workers and advocates work closely on
law reform, education and public rallies with
labour organizations and their worker representatives: including regional labour and district councils, Unifor, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), United Steelworks of Canada (USW), United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), Ontario Nurses Association
labour organizations and their worker representatives: including regional
labour and district councils, Unifor, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), United Steelworks of Canada (USW), United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), Ontario Nurses Association
labour and district councils, Unifor, the Ontario Federation of
Labour (OFL), United Steelworks of Canada (USW), United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), Ontario Nurses Association
Labour (OFL), United Steelworks of Canada (USW), United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), Ontario Nurses Association (ONA).
Employment and
labour law change dynamically through case
law and legislation, and recent
reforms within Ontario have taken employers by storm.