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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
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?