In a Flash
In a Flash: Quick-Read Memos for the Busy HR Professional, is published regularly by Mathews Dinsdale and provides employers with an important source of current significant events, legislative developments and decisions as they arise. We have designed this publication to provide timely information in a consise format so that busy professionals can obtain the information easily. In order to access the most recent edition of this publication, please use the links below.
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| Date |
Title |
| Jun 25, 2010 |
Judge grants Injunction against Secondary Picketing at Customer Sites |
| Apr 15, 2010 |
Bill 168 (Workplace Violence and Harassment Policies) |
| Apr 12, 2010 |
Arbitrator Finds That Employer can Unilaterally Amend Defined Benefit Pension Plan to a Defined Contribution Pension Plan |
| Mar 12, 2010 |
Bruce W. Binning - June 7, 1935 – March 9, 2010 |
| Dec 4, 2009 |
Employee Accessibility |
| Oct 6, 2009 |
Ban on Holding Mobile Communication Device While Driving Starts on October 26, 2009 |
| Jul 30, 2009 |
Workplace Investigation Reports Completed After a Workplace Accident Protected by Privilege |
| Jun 25, 2009 |
Court Rejects Overtime Class Action |
| Jun 15, 2009 |
Changes to the Treatment of Certain Taxable Benefits |
| May 11, 2009 |
Temporary Help Agencies and Assignment Workers |
| May 11, 2009 |
Proposed Workplace Violence Legislation |
| May 11, 2009 |
Temporary Help Agencies and Assignment Workers |
| May 6, 2009 |
Preventing and Containing Influenza A/H1N1 "Swine Flu" In the Workplace - What Employers Need to Know |
| Mar 26, 2009 |
Ontario to Amend Employment Standards Act to Provide Organ Donor Leave |
| Mar 26, 2009 |
Ontario Raises Minimum Wage |
| Feb 26, 2009 |
Ministry of Labour to Conduct "Safety Blitz" in Construction Industry |
| Feb 9, 2009 |
Elect to Work Employees’ Right to Public Holiday Pay – In Effect for Family Day |
| Feb 2, 2009 |
Federal Government Increases Funding for Employment Insurance and Workforce Training in 2009 Budget |
| Dec 22, 2008 |
Legislation introduced to protect temporary help agency employees |
| Nov 21, 2008 |
Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions Releases Report |
| Nov 19, 2008 |
Agricultural Employees Protection Act held to be unconstitutional |
| Oct 21, 2008 |
Supreme Court affirms damages award against former employees |
| Oct 21, 2008 |
Workers' compensation coverage may become mandatory in construction industry |
| Oct 9, 2008 |
Training for Workers Act introduced in Ontario Legislature |
| Sep 22, 2008 |
New Regulation and WSIB Policies for Construction Industry |
| Jul 25, 2008 |
Wage Earner Protection Program Now in Force |
| Jul 2, 2008 |
Supreme Court Renders Decision in Wrongful Termination Case |
| Jun 18, 2008 |
Changes at the Human Rights Tribunal |
| Jan 17, 2008 |
Regulatory Modernization Act: Provincial Ministries Joining Forces |
| Jan 3, 2008 |
Workplace Harassment and Violence Law Proposed |
| Jan 3, 2008 |
Family Day and Employer Obligations |
| Oct 12, 2007 |
New Statutory Holiday: Family Day |
| Sep 19, 2007 |
Employer Obligations on Election Day |
| Aug 29, 2007 |
Warning: WSIB Scam |
| Jun 26, 2007 |
Damages awarded against employer for discriminatory acts by co-workers |
| Jun 10, 2007 |
Right to Bargain Collectively Protected by Charter |
| Jun 9, 2007 |
Discrimination Based on Family Status: New Policy and Guidelines |
| Apr 30, 2007 |
Board finds ambulance service provider deprived of the right to lockout |
| Apr 27, 2007 |
Human Rights Commission aims to reduce delays |
| Apr 17, 2007 |
Severance Pay in a Sale of a Business Context |
| Apr 5, 2007 |
Deemed termination clauses and the duty to accommodate |
| Apr 4, 2007 |
Better Late than Never |
| Dec 12, 2006 |
Rules Eased on Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers to Fill Labour Shortages |
| Dec 8, 2006 |
Ontario Health Premium: Recent Decisions from the Court of Appeal |
| Dec 7, 2006 |
Off-Campus Work Permit Program Expanded |
| Dec 6, 2006 |
Ontario Passes Bill 107: Human Rights Code Amendment Act |
| Dec 1, 2006 |
Whistleblower Protection and Successor Rights for the Public Service |
| Nov 28, 2006 |
No Amnesty for Illegal Workers |
| Nov 24, 2006 |
Ending the Use of Replacement Workers |
| Nov 21, 2006 |
MORE STRIKE NEWS |
| Nov 6, 2006 |
Employers' Obligations On Election Day |
| Nov 1, 2006 |
Expanded Emergency Leave Rights in Ontario |
| Oct 31, 2006 |
STRIKE NEWS LATEST |
| Oct 31, 2006 |
Ontario's Family Medical Leave Expanded |
| Oct 30, 2006 |
OHRC Issues Guide to Releases Reflecting Human Rights Principles |
| Oct 30, 2006 |
Violence and Threats in the Workplace |
| Oct 11, 2006 |
UPDATE ON STRIKES |
| Oct 6, 2006 |
STRIKE NEWS |
| Oct 4, 2006 |
Is your employee entitled to a day off, and regular pay on Thanksgiving Day? |
| Sep 8, 2006 |
Revising WSIB "Early and Safe Return to Work" Policies |
| Sep 8, 2006 |
Invasion of Privacy - "a tort in its own right" |
| Sep 8, 2006 |
Enhanced Protection for Workers in "Confined Spaces" |
| Sep 8, 2006 |
Whistleblower Awarded $240,000 in Damages under Saskatchewan's Labour Standards Act |
| Sep 7, 2006 |
Ontario Farm Workers Now Covered by the Occupational Health and Safety Act |
| Aug 10, 2006 |
Ministry of Labour's Recent Update of ESA Poster |
| Aug 10, 2006 |
Supreme Court of Canada Upholds $20,000 Damages Award for Mental Suffering Arising from Breach of Contract |
| Aug 7, 2006 |
Revamping Ontario's Human Rights System. |
| Aug 7, 2006 |
Employment Insurance Compassionate Care Benefit Expanded |
| Aug 7, 2006 |
The Smoke Free Ontario Act; What It Means for Your Workplace |
| Dec 22, 2005 |
Government to Appeal Reinstatement |
| Dec 14, 2005 |
Hazard Prevention Program - Canada Labour Code |
| Dec 12, 2005 |
Government to Retire Mandatory Retirement |
| Nov 26, 2005 |
Amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act |
| Nov 24, 2005 |
Supreme Court Rules on Whistleblower Protection |
| Nov 18, 2005 |
Immediate Firing for Child Porn Charges Upheld |
| Nov 17, 2005 |
Are Employers Responsible for the Ontario Health Premium? |
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