By: Christina Hall and Kevin MacNeill On July 22, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Choc v. Hudbay Minerals Inc. that three separate lawsuits brought by indigenous Guatemalans against a Canadian mining company, Hudbay Minerals Inc. (“Hudbay”) and other defendants, can go forward in Canada. The plaintiffs’ lawsuits allege that between 2007…
Written by: Tyler Wentzell Every Canadian province and territory has created provisions in their employment standards statute granting periods of unpaid leave to members of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve. In my previous blog post, Reservist Leave: Drafting your Policy I identified some steps an employer should take in creating a plan for dealing with absences arising…
The Yukon Government has just launched a 1 year pilot program aimed at expediting the entry of foreign workers into the Territory. The Government has specifically promised to work with employers to help them secure foreign labour where they cannot find Canadians or permanent residents to fill the roles. The program will aim to process…
Canada has always been a country characterized by immigration. While there has been a consistently steady stream of individuals coming from all over the world, what have changed are the avenues available to enter the country. Increasingly immigrants are likely to have first worked in Canada under a temporary work permit. This is because the…
Written by: Tyler Wentzell Employment standards statutes in every Canadian province and territory outline the employer’s rights and responsibilities with regards to granting periods of unpaid leave to employees who are members of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve. In a previous blog post Reservist Leave: A Primer, I outlined how different the requirements for Reservist Leave…