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FTR Quarterly

FTR Quarterly – 2016, Issue 2

· 4 min read By: Amanda E. Lawrence-Patel, Leanne N. Fisher, Paul E. Broad, Jeffrey Patterson, Kathleen Tate, Amanda Cohen

In this issue: “Bad Customer Service” – or Breach of Human Rights Legislation?” and “Lifecycle of a Rental Tenancy: Human Rights Code Considerations and Best Practices for Compliance”

FTR Quarterly

Lifecycle of a Rental Tenancy: Human Rights Code Considerations and Best Practices for Compliance

· 6 min read By: Jeffrey Patterson, Kathleen Tate

Landlords and rental housing providers must contend with some complex obligations and challenges under the Ontario Human Rights Code. These apply throughout the rental process – from advertising a vacancy, to choosing a tenant, to terminating a tenancy. Adherence to some best practices and guidelines can help ensure compliance at every stage.

Human Resources Legislative Update

Ontario to Repeal ORPP Administration Corporation Act

· 1 min read By: Lisa Mills

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…

FTR Now

Changing Workplaces Review – Personal Emergency Leave

· 6 min read By: Paul E. Broad

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…

FTR Now

Changing Workplaces Review – Interim Report Issued

· 5 min read By: Paul E. Broad, Craig S. Rix

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…

FTR Now

Marshall Consultation Paper on Ontario Pension Solvency Funding Framework Released

· 3 min read By: Elizabeth Brown, Terra Klinck

Ontario registered defined benefit (DB) pension plans must be funded on the greater of a going concern or solvency basis, as we outlined in our recent FTR Now Ontario Pension Solvency Funding Framework Under Review. Due to the recent, yet prolonged, low-interest rate environment, most DB plans are in a deficit position on a solvency basis, requiring many employers to make large special payments to fund the deficits over a five-year period…