Insights

Hicks Morley publishes a number of materials, both electronic and print, on issue-specific and sector-specific topics of interest to our clients. Our insights section has links to all of our various publications, updates and blogs, both current and historical, to keep you informed of developments in the law that impact human resources.


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Reaching Out

Summer 2024 Updates for Social Services Employers

· 10 min read
By: Michael S. Smyth, Artimes Ghahremani, Matthew Healey, Stephen Warner

Dear Friends, We hope that you are able to find some time this summer to relax and recharge. Before you do, we wanted to bring to your attention some developments that may be important for your social services organization. As part of an employer’s ongoing obligation to provide a safe workplace, it is important to…

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Looking Ahead to 2024: A Newsletter for Social Services Employers

· 10 min read
By: Sean M. Reginio, , , Lauren Viegas

Dear Friends, As we welcome 2024, we are back with another edition of Reaching Out. Over the last year, we have seen our social services clients continue to deal with budget challenges and labour shortages. Many are providing permanent and/or hybrid remote work arrangements, where possible, to attract and retain employees. Accordingly, we provide a…

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Bill 124 Update and Recent Case Law Developments

· 12 min read
By: Shauna Bartlett, Sean M. Reginio

Dear Friends, We are back with another edition of Reaching Out. As we go to press, Sean Reginio reminds us that the Ontario Court of Appeal is hearing arguments this week in the government’s appeal of the decision that struck down Bill 124 as unconstitutional. Stay tuned for future updates. It is possible this may…

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Recent Legislative and Case Law Developments

· 15 min read
By: Sean M. Reginio, Jamie Burns, Labiba Chowdhury, Jordynne Hislop, Charles V. Hofley, Siobhan M. O’Brien, Shauna Bartlett, Lavan Narenthiran

Dear Friends, We are back with another edition of Reaching Out. While we are still dealing with issues arising from the pandemic, there are a number of developments in legislation and case law which we wanted to bring to the attention of social services organizations. Sean Reginio discusses the duty to accommodate employees and the…

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Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Issues Separate Vaccine Instructions to Certain Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services Providers

· 8 min read
By: Evon J. Gayle, Stephen J. Goodwin, Sean M. Reginio

On August 30, 2021, the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH) issued two sets of instructions (Instructions) to certain Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) funded agencies, regarding the implementation of a mandatory vaccine policy. One set of Instructions applies specifically to Children’s Treatment Centres and certain third parties that provide contracted…

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Reaching Out – Fifteenth Edition

· 12 min read
By: Sean M. Reginio, Rebecca Liu, Lucy Wu, Michael S. Smyth, Siobhan M. O’Brien

Dear Friends, We are back with another edition of Reaching Out. With 2020 behind us and some light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel, we thought it appropriate to reconnect with our Social Services clients with a Spring edition of Reaching Out. We chose not to publish Reaching Out last year as we…

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Reaching Out – Fourteenth Edition

· 16 min read
By: Michael S. Smyth, Sean M. Reginio, Anna Jeffery, Paul Schwartzman

Dear Friends, Welcome to our Winter 2019 edition of Reaching Out. The last 18 months have been a tumultuous time in employment law in Ontario. We saw the introduction of sweeping changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and Labour Relations Act, 1995 in January 2018, only to see many of them repealed in January…