Editor’s Note: Following publication of this communication, the Ontario government announced that the first wave of ORPP implementation will be delayed by one year to January 1, 2018. Please be sure to read our FTR Now of February 17, 2016 for updated information on this significant development, or contact your regular Hicks Morley lawyer for…
Industry: Professional & Technical Services
Ontario Government Announces ORPP Implementation Details
On August 11, 2015, the Ontario government released new details about the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (“ORPP”) and its implementation. As previously reported, the ORPP was announced in the 2014 Ontario Budget. A consultation paper entitled “Ontario Retirement Pension Plan: Key Design Questions” was released in December, 2014 for public comment. In particular, the paper…
Professional & Technical Services
Professional and technical services organizations are unique from a human resources perspective. While these workplaces can vary greatly, they share a key common element: their businesses are based primarily on selling the professional expertise of their employees or partners. A key challenge for these organizations is that employment laws—based on rules related to wages and…
Hicks Morley Lawyer Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Management Labour & Employment 2015
Hicks Morley congratulates Stephen Shamie for once again being recognized as leaders in management labour and employment law in Who’s Who Legal: Management Labour & Employment 2015. Published since 1996, Who’s Who Legal recognizes the foremost legal practitioners in 34 areas of business law. Peer and client evaluations support the research of this publication to…
Regulation Filed on Asset Transfers under Section 80.1 of Pension Benefits Act
On June 18, 2015, O. Reg. 147/15 amending O. Reg. 308/13 (Assets Transfers under section 80.1 of the Act) made under the Pension Benefits Act (“PBA”) came into force. O. Reg. 147/15 amends the date of the effective transfer of assets under section 80.1 from June 30, 2015 to a date not later than the…
Union Financial Disclosure Bill Receives Royal Assent
On June 30, 2015, Bill C-377, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations), received Royal Assent. Bill C-377, a private member’s bill, requires unions to file certain financial information with the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) within six months from the end of each fiscal period. Among other things, information to…
FSCO Invites Public Consultation on Recent Changes to SIPP Requirements
On June 30, 2015, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (“FSCO”) posted Investment Guidance Notes on Environmental, Social and Governance Factors (ESG) and Statements of Investment Policies and Procedures (SIPPs) for Member Directed Defined Contribution Plans for public consultation prior to being finalized. Investment Guidance Notes set out the expectations of FSCO regarding the investment…
Hicks Morley Receives Highest Ranking in Labour Relations in the 2015 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
Hicks Morley is delighted to once again be named “Most Frequently Recommended” as a leading firm in Labour Relations in the Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and London areas, and “Consistently Recommended” as a leading firm in Labour Relations in the Ottawa area. The firm has also once again been named “Consistently Recommended” in Pension & Employee Benefits – Toronto and “Repeatedly Recommended”…
Raising the Bar – Ninth Edition
Dear Friends, Welcome to summer! We’re very pleased to bring you this pre-beach edition of Raising the Bar. In this edition, we’ll guide you through important recent decisions on topics ranging from offers to settle, to case management, to costs, to the question of when is enough discovery “enough”. We will also Shine a Light…
New Police Record Checks Reforms Introduced
On June 3, 2015, the Ontario government introduced Bill 113, the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, legislation that would, if passed, implement a new process governing requests for searches of the Canadian Police Information Centre databases, or other police databases, in connection with screening an individual for certain purposes. Among other things, the Bill would: authorize…