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December 13th is coming up fast! Is your pension committee ready?

Recent Amendments Concerning the National Holiday: Enactment of Bill 10 and its Impacts on Certain Employers

The countdown has begun! Have the governance rules for your pension committee been set out in an internal by-law? If not, there's no time to lose! The deadline is December 13, 2007.In the wake of the increasing number of lawsuits in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada involving the responsibilities of (…)

On January 22, 2007, the Commission des lésions professionnelles (the "Board") handed down a decision in Harvey et Brasserie Labatt ltée further to a motion for revocation filed by the employer against a decision rendered by a first commissioner.This decision deals with the reasons that (…)

On November 30, 2006, the Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec released a judgment in which it concluded that a grievance arbitrator did not have jurisdiction over litigation stemming from allegations of employment discrimination.In the case of Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la (…)

Absenteeism and the Duty to Accommodate: the Supreme Court grants Hydro-Québec Leave to Appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada recently handed down a highly anticipated judgment in McGill University Health Centre (Montreal General Hospital) (the “MUHC”) vs. Syndicat des employés de l’Hôpital Général de Montréal (2007 SCC 4). This case sets out the scope of an employer’s (…)

Disability and duty to accommodate: The Supreme Court of Canada allows the employer's appeal

Do you offer your employees group insurance? If so, since January 1, 2007, under the Act respecting prescription drug insurance, you must deduct directly from the remuneration paid to each of your employees his or her portion of the premium applicable to the basic prescription drug insurance (…)

Has the contractor with whom you are doing business paid his assessments to the CSST? If he hasn’t, you could be held responsible for payment of these assessments as the employer who retained his services!An employer who receives a notice of assessment or a request for information from the (…)

Notice to all employers! Do you provide prescription drug insurance? Important changes come into effect on January 1, 2007