Legal Updates
Every so often the government or the courts change the law. These changes can change the way you do business and carry on your workplace relationships, so it’s important to stay up-to-date.
Midwives Subject to Gender Discrimination
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the Ontario government has been discriminating against Ontario midwives on the basis of sex as a result of the difference between the compensation paid to midwives and Community Health Care Clinic (CHC) physicians.
Drug and Alcohol Testing
The SCC decision in Stewart v Elk Valley Coal Corp highlights that employer drug and alcohol policies should address workplace safety concerns and also accommodation of employees with addiction.
Foreign Human Rights Violations
In Garcia v Tahoe Resources, 2017 BCCA 39, the BC Court of Appeal suggested that businesses with overseas operations may subject to increased scrutiny from Canadian courts for environmental and human rights abuses committed abroad.