On May 8, 2013, the Ontario government filed O. Reg. 148/13 amending O. Reg. 274/12, Hiring Practices, under the Education Act. Subsection 4(2) of O. Reg. 274/12 has been amended such that an occasional teacher may apply to a board to be placed on a long-term occasional teachers list and the board shall grant the…
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Human Resources Legislative Update
Federal Budget Bill Referred to Committee
On May 7, 2013, Bill C-60, Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 1, passed Second Reading in the House of Commons and was ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Finance. As previously reported, Bill C-60 is omnibus legislation which, if passed, will give effect to certain initiatives contained in the Federal Budget 2013.
Human Resources Legislative Update
CLC Amendments Increasing Fines and Requiring Federal Employers to Insure LTD Plans to Come into Force July 1, 2014
Sections 434 to 439 of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (“JGLPA”) have been proclaimed into force effective July 1, 2014. The JGLPA is omnibus legislation giving effect to certain initiatives contained in the federal Budget 2012. Sections 434 to 439 amend the Canada Labour Code (“Code”) to, among other things: require every federal…
Human Resources Legislative Update
Regulatory Amendments Relating to End of Mandatory Issuance of SIN Cards Now in Force
Social Insurance Number Regulations made under the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act, which include Consequential Amendments to the Employment Insurance Act Regulations, came into force on April 30, 2013. Among other things, these Regulations align the regulatory framework with legislative changes enacted in the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (“JGLPA”) which end the…
FTR Now
Ontario Tables Its 2013 Budget
On Thursday May 2, 2013, the Ontario government introduced its 2013 Budget, entitled A Prosperous and Fair Ontario (the “Budget”). The government also introduced Bill 65, the Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013 (“Bill 65”), omnibus legislation designed to implement some of the proposals contained in the Budget. The Budget announced that the…
Human Resources Legislative Update
Ontario Government Introduces Budget 2013
On May 2, 2013, the Ontario government tabled its Budget 2013, “A Prosperous and Fair Ontario” as well as Bill 65, Prosperous and Fair Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2013, legislation which, if passed, would implement certain initiatives contained in the Budget. Among other things, the measures contained in the Budget of interest to employers…
FTR Now
No Charter-Protected Right to Strike Says Saskatchewan Court Of Appeal
In a much-anticipated decision – Government of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, 2013 SKCA 43 – a five-member panel of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has found that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the “Charter“) does not guarantee a right to strike for unions and their members. Rather, the Court found that…
Human Resources Legislative Update
Federal Budget Bill Tabled, Changes To Temporary Foreign Worker Program Announced
On April 29, 2013, the federal government tabled Bill C-60, Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1, omnibus legislation giving effect to some of its Budget 2013 initiatives. In conjunction with the tabling of Bill C-60 and further to its Budget 2013 initiative to ensure that Canadians have first priority at job opportunities when they…
Human Resources Legislative Update
Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2013 Passes Second Reading
On April 25, 2013, Bill 32, Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2013, carried at Second Reading and was ordered referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. As previously reported, if passed Bill 32 would repeal the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario Act, 1990. Among other things, it would provide a framework…
FTR Now
Overtime Eligibility Class Action Certification Dismissal Upheld on Appeal
On April 23, 2013, the Ontario Divisional Court unanimously dismissed an appeal from a decision of Justice Strathy in which he denied a motion for certification of a proposed class action against CIBC and CIBC World Markets. We summarized the lower court decision in a previous FTR Now. In this FTR Now, we provide an…