On November 9, 2023, Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012, was introduced by the federal government for First Reading.
On November 7, 2023, Prince Edward Island introduced Bill 106, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act for First Reading. Bill 106 proposes to increase dramatically the paid sick leave to which employees in the province are entitled under the ESA.
On October 23, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which the agency indicates will modernize and improve the H-1B specialty occupation worker program.
Three new rules will take effect this year that alter the overtime wages subject to Alabama withholding tax and employers’ requirements in reporting those newly exempt wages.
Protection of whistleblowers has been on the EU’s agenda for quite some time. Four years ago the EU issued the EU Whistleblowing Directive throughout its Member States.
On October 31, 2023, the NLRB and OSHA announced that the agencies have executed a Memorandum of Understanding “to strengthen the agencies’ partnership to promote safe and healthy workplaces through protecting worker voice.”
Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice ordered an employer to pay to the employee the costs of the proceeding in the amount of $830,761 to dissuade employers from engaging in tactical litigation designed to discourage employees from pursuing their rights.
The new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, which was released on August 1, 2023, must be used for all new hires, effective November 1, 2023.
