On March 15, 2024, the EU member states voted in favor of the European Supply Chain Directive (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – CSDDD) in the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) after a long back-and-forth.
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found that a restaurant and its managers that refused to use a server’s pronouns, among other actions, discriminated against the complainant in employment based on their gender identity and expression.
This article lists, and explains, the five most common mistakes that overseas-based employers make when they come to the United States and employ workers in any of the 50 states.
Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that an employee was entitled to $1.8 million in damages for unpaid vacation, bonuses, and stock options, because the terms of the relevant policies were not clearly communicated to him in his employment agreement.
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia held employer could not use the frustration defence against an employee’s claim that she was wrongfully dismissed in circumstances connected to COVID-19.
On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament approved the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act”) by a sweeping majority. The AI Act will be the world’s first comprehensive set of rules for artificial intelligence.
Court rejected employee’s claims that permitting employees to speak only Japanese in business meetings, where individuals who do not speak Japanese are present and are without an interpreter, constitutes unlawful discrimination based on race/ethnicity.
The Government of Ontario has repealed Bill 124, the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, which had limited public sector wage increases.
