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By Andrew Taillon | 3 Minutes Read March 26, 2012

Making your employee handbook enforceable

A regular issue for employers is whether the provisions in their employee handbook are enforceable in the same manner as an employment contract. Many employers are surprised to find that they are not...

Article by Andrew Taillon / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / consideration, employee handbook, employment contracts, employment law, enforceable, invalid contract, Job abandonment, layoff, McLean vs. The Raywal Limited Partnership, policy manual, promotion, sufficiency on consideration, termination, terminations, wrongfully dismissed

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read March 23, 2012

More news on Air Canada: pilots challenge the back-to-work legislation

The Air Canada pre-emptive back-to-work legislation saga continues. Now the pilots have challenged the pre-emptive back-to-work legislation in court arguing that it prevents strikes or lockouts, forces the pilots to keep flying, and coerces the pilots to accept a contract imposed by arbitration in a process that is completely skewed given it was designed to favour the airline's position...

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Union Relations / Air Canada, back-to-work legislation, Canadian Aviation Regulations, Charter, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Collective Bargaining, employment law, final selection arbitration, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, lockouts, not fit to fly, pilots, prevents collective bargaining, prevents freedom to associate, prevents lockouts, prevents strikes, stress, strikes

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read March 22, 2012

Slaw: PRPPs vs. VRSPs

On March 21, 2012, Quebec became the first province to set up a detailed framework of provincial rules that will apply for PRPPs.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Payroll / cpp, employee contribution rate, employment law, pension, pension plan, pensions, PRPPs, QPP, retirement, VRSPs

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