As employers continue to grapple with the ever-changing legal landscape of COVID-era regulations, 2021 will bring changes to the traditional realm of employment law in dozens of jurisdictions.
On 5 November 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a further extension to the UK furlough scheme until March 2021. This post includes our updated FAQs summarising the furlough scheme as it stands.
Ontario’s Superior Court recently held that a termination provision in an employment contract that has even a remote possibility of violating the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) in the future is unenforceable.
Less than a year after the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, California’s electorate approved a ballot measure that will substantially expand the privacy obligations the CCPA imposes on employers.
While payment of benefits under Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave Act will not start before January 2022, important employer obligations take effect in less than two months.
Of the over 100 different ballot initiatives under consideration across the United States in the recent election, California’s Proposition 22 stands alone.
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario made a $170,000 damage award to a vulnerable employee who, after being sexually harassed by her direct supervisor, engaged in unwelcome sexual activity, fearing that if she refused she would lose her job.
In a recent decision, the Ontario Superior Court focused on an employee’s responsibilities rather than his title alone in characterizing his position for purposes of assessing the common law reasonable notice to which he was entitled.
