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Employee who didn’t read terms of stock option agreement has case overturned

mdunne — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:05:31 +0000

The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned a Superior Court decision that allowed an employee to receive his stock option awards throughout his 24 months of reasonable notice on the grounds that the employer had failed to provide adequate notice of termination. “The decision gives important guidance to employers about what will be appropriate in […]

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Employers enforcing rules for unvaccinated employees

mdunne — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:15:24 +0000

Employers are beginning to enforce rules for employees who aren’t vaccinated against the coronavirus. To go to work today, Ontario long-term care staff must have received their first coronavirus vaccine dose. Staff who don’t present proof of a first dose must instead show a medical exemption to be able to enter a long-term care home […]

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2021 GIC coverage: Pension investment and the use of leverage — a tax perspective

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:51:02 +0000

Some four decades ago, parliamentarians voted to restrict pension funds’ ability to borrow money without losing their tax-exempt status, though their reasoning has been lost to time. “These rules have been around forever, but . . . their intended purpose [remains obscure],” said Matias Milet, a partner at Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP, during a […]

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Employers grappling with worker shortages amid vaccine deadlines

mdunne — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 19:00:08 +0000

A range of employers across Canada are starting to deal with some worker shortages as a result of a small percentage of employees not meeting deadlines for getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. Air Canada suspended more than 800 employees for not being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, in line with federal rules. The vast majority of the airline’s […]

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Public service union ‘concerned’ managers may decide validity of employee vaccine views

mdunne — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:14 +0000

The deadline for employees in the core federal public service to declare their coronavirus vaccination status was Oct. 29, but unions say there are still many questions about how requests for accommodations will be handled. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat said late last week that 240,000 employees have filed their attestations of their vaccine status to the government, out […]

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Unvaccinated employees may not be eligible for EI: feds

mdunne — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:00:38 +0000

Workers who lose their job over a refusal to vaccinate against the coronavirus may not be eligible for employment insurance benefits, according to updated guidelines from the federal government. Employment and Social Development Canada has issued a notice to employers enforcing vaccine mandates to help them fill out records of employment, a document needed to […]

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‘Significant’ wave of terminations coming due to workplace vaccine mandates: lawyer

mdunne — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:18:13 +0000

Canada is facing a potential wave of terminations tied to mandatory workplace vaccine policies as a growing number of employers require workers to be fully inoculated against the coronavirus or risk losing their jobs, say legal experts. Governments, institutions and companies have spent months hammering out vaccine mandates in a bid to curb an unrelenting […]

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87% of U.S. millennial employees more interested in benefits in 2021: survey

mdunne — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:00:00 +0000

The majority (87 per cent) of U.S. millennial employees are more interested in certain benefits this year, with life insurance (39 per cent) topping the list, followed by financial planning tools (34 per cent), dental insurance (31 per cent) and legal plans (29 per cent), according to a new survey by Rainmakers CSI for MetLife […]

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New study calling on permanent reforms to Canada’s sickness, caregiving leaves

Jennifer Paterson — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 19:00:27 +0000

With the coronavirus pandemic exposing gaps in sickness and caregiving leave provisions across Canada, the Institute for Research on Public Policy is calling for permanent reforms to provide access to short-term paid and protected leaves for all employees. In the study, co-authors Eric Tucker, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Leah Vosko, a […]

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How will another term for the Liberals impact employers, workers?

lbailey — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:00:52 +0000

A third term for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau means some significant promises with the potential to impact employers and employees may soon become reality. During its campaign, the Liberal Party pledged to support workplace coronavirus vaccination mandates, a national childcare program, expanded public mental-health offerings and a right-to-disconnect policy. On vaccination mandates, the Liberals promised […]

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