The City of Guelph was recently found not guilty of a health and safety charge resulting from an accident at a workplace that led to the death of a 14-year old student. On June 16, 2009, the young student was in a public washroom while visiting a City park. While in the washroom, she tried…
Preventing former employees from competing with your business or from soliciting your clients or employees can be a challenge. The courts in Canada have consistently demonstrated a dislike for restrictions on departed employees. This can likely be explained by a pervasive belief that Canada is a free society which not only allows but promotes commercial…
As international trade continues to grow, so does the number of people crossing borders. And I am not referring to tourists. Instead, I am talking about the increasing number of workers relocating between an organization’s various global offices. This is happening because, as companies expand to new markets or have their production needs satisfied across…
For years the Canadian public has been warned about the coming retirement of the so-called Baby Boomers. The concern has been that the supply of young people entering the labour market has been dropping precipitously just as the wave of Baby Boomer retirees quickly approaches. It appears that the day of reckoning is upon us. …
Three business owners in Edmonton, Alberta were recently charged under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (“IRPA”). These charges relate to the illegal employment and mistreatment of two temporary foreign workers from Israel. The workers were allegedly initially brought from Israel to Canada to work in a coffee shop in the Edmonton area. The workers…