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Employment Law
January 5 2006 - Amendments intended to improve benefits, increase
prevention, and strengthen accountability and governance measures came into effect January 1 2006.
September 15 2005 - The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Occupational Health and Safety Division has
prepared a Health and Safety guideline for computer operators.
August 2 2005 - (Quebec) On June 17, 2005, Bill 112 received Royal Assent and will come into force on May 31, 2006 with exceptions. Employers should start developing an agenda for effective compliance with the new requirements.
July 6 2005 - (Alberta) Additional guidelines regarding hiring of employees
between the ages of 12 to 14 in the Food and Restaurant industry
June 16 2005 - (Ontario) Bill 144 was passed on the last day of the Parliamentary session, and was
the focus of harsh criticism from the labour movement.
June 16 2005 - (Ontario) When enacted, the legislation will reverse workplace policies
and collective agreements that allow businesses and unions to discriminate against older
employees and force them to leave their jobs when they turn 65.
June 16 2005 - (Ontario) The new legislation establishes a
province-wide smoking ban in all enclosed public places in Ontario, including workplaces.
May 31 2005 - Employees who report wrongdoing now have even stronger protection following amendments to the Labour Standards Act introduced by the Saskatchewan government on November 19, 2004.
May 19 2005 - Attendance management is a perennial problem for human resource managers.
The problem is compounded when the employee purports to have a medical condition that is
poorly understood, hard to prove (or disprove) and is intermittently absent. Honda Canada
Inc. made some terrible mistakes in the case of one of its employees, Kevin Keays. A trial
judge awarded the employee two years notice and $500,000 in punitive damages.
May 18 2005 - On May 4, 2005, in a precedent-setting decision, the Ontario Court of
Appeal overturned a provision in the Employment Standards Act that allows employers
to deny severance packages to disabled workers who can no longer continue in their jobs
because of an illness or injury that "frustrates" the employment contract.
May 18 2005 - Nova Scotia has one of the highest workplace injury rates in Canada.
May 18 2005 -
On May 5, 2005, the Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity for
Quebec tabled proposed legislation, Bill 102, An Act Respecting the Funding of Certain
Pension Plans, to temporarily relax certain rules relating to the funding of defined
benefit pension plans and defined benefit contribution plans.
May 1 2005 -
There are roughly 10,000 bankruptcies per year, many of which leave behind employees who are
owed back wages, benefits and pension contributions.
April 21 2005 -
Disciplinary probation is a process for addressing employee misconduct.
April 21 2005 -
On March 9, 2005, the Alberta government tabled Bill 15, the Workers' Compensation Amendment Act.
April 21 2005 -
Introduced in the Legislature March 23rd, Bill 35, the Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, will give private sector pension plan members better access to information such as the financial status of their pension plans to ensure improved transparency and accountability.
April 21 2005 -
On March 3, 2005, in Newmarket, Ontario, Criminal Code charges were withdrawn against the construction supervisor who became the first person in the country charged under the Criminal Code’s new Health and Safety criminal liability of organizations and individuals who direct work, Bill C-45.
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Job Market
January 6 2006 - Statistics Canada reports that the
unemployment rate edged up by 0.1% to 6.5% in December as more people joined the job market.
December 10 2005 - Manitoba launched a stronger focus on provincial immigration strategies to increase
employer participation and involvement at a special forum held on December 9.
June 2 2005 - Canada and Saskatchewan have signed a new immigration agreement,
replacing the original Canada-Saskatchewan Agreement of March 16, 1998.
March 10 2005 - A recent survey found that only a half of businesses
seemed to be concerned about employee retention.
January 19 2005 - The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program
(SINP) has been opened up to help employers bring skilled workers to the province.
Health
November 1 2005 -
The
Premier's Award for Healthy Workplaces is open to all employers in Alberta and
recognizes Alberta employers with healthy workplace programs.
August 9 2005 -
The new agreement covers the period from Oct. 1, 2004, to March 31, 2008.
August 2 2005 -
Job strain, caused by a combination of a heavy workload, time constraints, conflicting demands and lack of control, may be an overlooked factor in an employee’s decision to retire.
Rewards
August 30 2005 - Saskatchewan's minimum wage will be increased by 40 cents an hour on
Thursday, September 1 2005.
May 30 2005 - The Nova Scotia government announced that the minimum wage
rate will increase by 30 cents on October 1, 2005, to $6.80 per hour.
May 6 2005 - This program is intended to help protect workers by
providing a guaranteed payment of wages owed up to $3000 should their employer
declare bankruptcy.
April 29 2005 -
Alberta’s minimum wage will increase from $5.90 to $7.00 an hour on September 1, 2005.
March 23 2005 -
Manitoba’s current minimum wage of $7.00 an hour will
increase by 25 cents to $7.25 an hour on April 1, 2005.
March 11 2005 - The Prince Edward Island Employment Standards Board
is set to begin its annual review of the minimum wage.
February 1 2005 - Labour Minister Chris Bentley announced a pay raise for
almost 200,000 Ontarians as the minimum wage increases for the second
time in two years.
Employee Relations
May 31 2005 - Employees and
employers now have a mechanism to ensure first collective greements are settled in a timely
fashion.
March 21 2005 - The Prince Edward Island provincial government
has introduced a new Workforce Renewal Program offering incentives to employees to leave government voluntarily through early retirement or voluntary severance opportunities.
January 20 2005 - CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan told the standing committee on finance and economic affairs
today that it is time for the McGuinty
government to take a fresh approach to meeting its budget challenges by
looking at options that do not require cutting services, selling assets or
privatizing.
Development
January 15 2005 - Joe Volpe, Minister of
Human Resources and Skills Development, has announced the establishment of a
five-member apprenticeship advisory committee to consult with business,
labour, and provincial and territorial governments.
Recruitment
August 30 2005 - The hotline is aimed at addressing labour
shortage in the primary potato industry, particularly during the critical fall potato
harvest.
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