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Quarterly employment law updates from Portugal

Quarterly employment law updates from Puerto Rico

Quarterly employment law updates from Spain

Quarterly employment law updates from Sweden

Quarterly employment law updates from the United Arab Emirates

Quarterly employment law updates from the United Kingdom

Quarterly employment law updates from Venezuela

An arbitrator in British Columbia held that an employer rightfully terminated an employee who was ineligible for work for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine despite a government order requiring it.

An Ontario arbitrator recently upheld a retirement home’s mandatory vaccination policy as a reasonable workplace rule consistent with the collective agreement, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Retirement Homes Act, 2010.

On April 5, 2022, Ontario announced that, in an effort to help workers with rising costs and inflation, it will be raising its general minimum wage by 8% from $15 per hour to $15.50 per hour, commencing October 1, 2022.