Labour & Employment
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October 30, 2025
Black magic and black letter: Legal tales of witchcraft, ghosts and haunted houses
It was not a dark and stormy night. It was actually a pleasant fall morning, and I probably should have been entering my dockets. But the Halloween spirit was in the air, and it moved me to see what Canadian law has to say about the occult. Read on if you dare. I promise there won’t be anything as frightening as the Income Tax Act.
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October 30, 2025
No catering around the Code: B.C. Court of Appeal confirms reach of B.C.’s replacement worker ban
In Gate Gourmet Canada Inc. v. Unite Here, Local 40, 2025 BCCA 246, the British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed Gate Gourmet Canada Inc.’s appeal from a decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia that had upheld an order of the British Columbia Labour Relations Board. The board had directed Gate Gourmet to cease using out-of-province replacement workers to perform catering work that would otherwise have been done by striking employees at Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
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October 29, 2025
Rebecca Klass returns to Roper Greyell
Roper Greyell has welcomed Rebecca Klass back to the firm as associate counsel.
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October 29, 2025
Commons committee invites public input on improving peace bonds, recognizance orders
A House of Commons committee is soliciting submissions by Nov. 28 to inform its new study of how the safety of women and children is affected by Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes, and how Criminal Code s. 810 (recognizance orders or peace bonds) can be improved to help keep women and children safe.
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October 28, 2025
CJ Crampton says Federal Court ‘won’t hesitate’ to impose costs on lawyers for undisclosed GenAI use
Counsel who “thumb their noses” at the Federal Court’s requirement to disclose any and all generative AI they used to create court filings will find that the national trial court “won’t hesitate” to ding them with personal costs or initiate contempt proceedings, warns Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton.
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October 28, 2025
Strange bedfellows: When oppression, dismissal claims overlap in executive employment litigation
Most executives in the private sector enjoy significant equity in their companies. In fact, many executive employment lawyers will tell you that the equity component of an executive’s compensation may significantly exceed their salary.
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October 28, 2025
Options for working in the U.S. as an executive for a U.S. company
There are many articles in the news about U.S. immigration. Few of them focus on executives working in the United States. For those executives who need to enter the U.S. for work purposes, this may be a bigger concern than the enforcement actions being taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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October 27, 2025
Saskatchewan lays charges for first time in case of alleged violations against foreign workers
Saskatchewan has for the first time laid charges under provincial immigration laws protecting foreign workers. According to a recent news release, provincial authorities have hit three employers with charges under Saskatchewan’s recently replaced Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act (FWRISA).
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October 27, 2025
Canada to amend Labour Code, launch new tax credit and expand union training
Canada has announced new measures included in Budget 2025, including expanding the Union Training and Innovation Program, introducing a temporary five-year Personal Support Workers Tax Credit, amending the Canada Labour Code to restrict the use of non-compete agreements and investing $97 million over five years to create a Foreign Credential Recognition Action Fund.
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October 27, 2025
When non-competition clauses fail: Guidance for employers on drafting
Employers have a legitimate right to expect that departing employees will act in good faith and not share or use confidential information.