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Potential reprisal complaint on the horizon? Act fast!

Where an employee may argue that they were terminated due to raising health and safety or workplace violence/harassment concerns, they have an avenue for redress open to them under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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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

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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with details on ORPP; noise as a workplace hazard; and, WHMIS 2015.

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