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By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read November 7, 2017

When federal insolvency laws and provincial labour laws collide

The intersection between insolvency law and labour law has long created a struggle between balancing the rights of employees and maintaining a mechanism for restructuring or liquidating distressed companies.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Payroll / insolvency laws, provincial labour laws, unfair labour practices, union certification, union certification application, unionized workplace

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read July 10, 2014

Slaw: Quebec bill would require small farms to collectively bargain

Quebec’s new government wants to ensure that all farm workers have the right to unionize and collectively negotiate working conditions with their employers. Minister of Labour Sam Hamad has introduced Bill 8, An Act to amend the Labour Code with respect to certain employees of farming businesses, which would require small farms to let a union represent their employees.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Immigration, Payroll, Union Relations / agricultural workers, An Act to amend the Labour Code with respect to certain employees of farming businesses, Bill 8, Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, Charter challenge, discrimination, employment law, Equality rights, Farming business, foreign migrant workers, freedom of association, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, migrant workers, Quebec, Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, Quebec Labour Code, union, unionized workplace

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read June 27, 2013

Most-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with the legality of random alcohol testing, the termination of a sexual harasser and the importance of having an effective disability management program.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Union Relations / canadian employment law, discrimination, employee with cancer, employment law, human rights code, objectionable treatment, physical and mental disability, random alcohol testing, Supreme Court of Canada, termination, termination of sexual harasser, unionized workplace

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