Industry: Professional & Technical Services

Ontario to Repeal ORPP Administration Corporation Act

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On July 28, 2016, the Ontario government announced its plans to repeal the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Administration Corporation Act, 2015 (Act) when the Legislature resumes sitting in the Fall, 2016. The Act created the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) Administration Corporation to administer the ORPP, Ontario’s stand-alone solution to address retirement security concerns for…

Changing Workplaces Review – Personal Emergency Leave

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On July 27, 2016, we circulated an FTR Now advising clients of the release of the Interim Report of the Special Advisors who are conducting the Changing Workplaces Review (Review). In this, our first follow-up FTR Now, we will focus on Personal Emergency Leave (PEL) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) as that entitlement is being singled out for earlier consideration in the Review…

Changing Workplaces Review – Interim Report Issued

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Since May 2015, two government-appointed Special Advisors – Mr. Justice John Murray and Mr. Michael Mitchell – have been undertaking the Changing Workplaces Review (Review) to consider the changing nature of the workplace, the causes behind those changes, and whether the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA) and the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) need to be amended to meet challenges created by the changes…

Carolyn Kay Elected as a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

Hick Morley’s Carolyn Kay has been elected as a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. The College is a non-profit professional association honouring leading lawyers in the practice of Labour and Employment Law. Fellows of the College are esteemed lawyers who posses at least 20 years experience and are acknowledged as distinguished members in the field of labour and employment law…