The Latest Legal News and Updates that Affect Your Industry

April 1, 2006

The Kyoto Protocol: three steps to take under the legal framework

March 1, 2006

Determination of the real employer under the Act respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases when a business entrusts the management of its human resources to a personnel agency

Generally, Labour Relations laws assume the interaction of two parties, an employer and an employee. The employee offers his services, for pay, to an employer, who determines the working conditions and ensures discipline. This is a bipartite relationship. However, when a business entrusts the (…)

March 1, 2006

Absenteeism and the obligation to accommodate: When the employer is required to consider the measures recommended by the medical experts

In a judgment rendered on February 7, 2006, the Quebec Court of Appeal reiterated the obligations of the employer and the employee to play a role in seeking a reasonable accommodation. In cases where a collective agreement exists, the union has the same obligation.More specifically, the Court of (…)

March 1, 2006

Canada: Class Actions in Competition Damage Matters (Available in French only)

January 1, 2006

Psychological Harassment in the Workplace: What's New?

Since June 1, 2004, the Labour Standards Act (hereinafter the "L.S.A.") requires employers to provide a work environment free from psychological harassment. Thus, employers must, as a first step, take reasonable measures to prevent psychological harassment and then, whenever they become (…)

January 1, 2006

Amendments to the Annual Declarations System for Enterprises in the Province of Québec

Some important changes to the Act respecting the legal publicity of sole proprietorships, partnerships and legal persons (the “Act”) took place effective January 1 st, 2006.The Act generally applies to all legal persons, partnerships and individuals carrying on an activity in the (…)

January 1, 2006