pension and benefit plans
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with the Ministry of Labour’s health and safety compliance plan, a new occupational health and safety strategy and the bill to implement the 2019 budget measures in Ontario.
Differential treatment in pension and benefit plans based on date of hire now prohibited in Québec (or is it really?)

There is no question that Bill 176, An Act to amend the Act respecting labour standards, removes some flexibility in plan design going forward. That being said, there are still ways to structure plan design changes that will achieve the employer’s objectives without running afoul of the prohibition under Bill 176