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Ontario Labour Relations Board

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Ontario government revokes law that violated unionized workers constitutional rights

Yesterday, the Ontario government announced that it was revoking Bill 28 which was passed into law last Thursday. It imposed a collective agreement on about 55 000 education workers.

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Working safely from home

What are the employer’s obligations to an employee when an employee is not working in the office? With so many employees now working from home, employers’ health and safety obligations need to be reexamined.

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Employer risk 101 – Ministry enforcement of the ESA

If you are reading an employment law blog you already know that employers have legal obligations under the Ontario Employment Standards Act. The top five violations for the fiscal year 2014/2015, as compiled by the Ministry of Labour, were with respect to...

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