An Ontario court approved Wednesday the creation of a $250,000 hardship fund for former employees of Hudson’s Bay Co. as well as $5 million in collective payments to ex-HBC staff who were set to lose their long-term disability benefits. The hardship fund is targeted at workers and retirees who have been having trouble paying expenses […]
Ontario’s Superior Court is scheduled to decide next week whether to approve a fund the insolvent company will set up to help former Hudson’s Bay Co. workers with expenses. The more than 9,300 workers who lost their jobs last year when the company collapsed weren’t paid severance and some lost access to long-term disability and […]
While there are no specific laws preventing workplace romance, company executives are often held to higher standards than frontline employees through employer policies — particularly when a relationship can have a financial impact on an organization, says Daniel Lublin, founding partner at Whitten & Lublin. “There is an area of law that applies to fiduciaries, […]
In order to avoid exposure to unnecessary and expensive litigation and unforeseen liabilities, it’s important for employers to determine which jurisdiction’s rules apply when terminating an employee in a remote-working arrangement, according to several employment lawyers. “Most employment relationships in Canada are governed by local provincial or territorial law, with the remaining governed by federal […]
More than 8,300 workers will have lost their job and some benefits by the time Hudson’s Bay Co. closes all of its stores at the start of June, new court documents filed by the collapsing retailer say. The cut will span the majority of the 9,364 workers at Canada’s oldest company and form one of […]
There have been several changes to the Canada Labour Code in recent months. Here’s an overview of what’s happened and what’s on the horizon for employers under federal labour jurisdiction. New employer obligations As of July 9, 2023, federally regulated employers must reimburse employees for reasonable work-related expenses. When determining whether an expense is related […]