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Labour and Employment webinar – Mandatory vaccinations: Calling the shots

Employers are navigating uncharted territory when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, from employee health and safety, to workplace policies, privacy and human rights concerns, a panel of Firm lawyers sit down and explore the complicated world of vaccines in the workplace, in our latest labour and employment webinar. Topics discussed include:

  • Can employers require employees to be vaccinated?
  • What accommodation issues may arise when it comes to vaccinations?
  • What if an employee refuses the vaccine?
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Client Update: First Contract Arbitration

December 9, 2013

As many of you will now know, the Nova Scotia Government introduced legislation on Friday, December 6, 2013, amending provisions of the Nova Scotia Trade Union Act dealing with First Contract Arbitration. This client update sets out…

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Client Update: Supreme Court of Canada confirms that international organization enjoys immunity from wrongful dismissal suit commenced by senior employee

December 4, 2013

In a decision that will largely be of interest to international organizations that have been granted some type of immunity in Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has confirmed that international organizations enjoy immunity…

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Client Update: Time to Update Workplace Policies in PEI

December 2, 2013

The Prince Edward Island (“PEI”) legislature has proposed changes to the PEI Human Rights Act to add “gender expression” and “gender identity” as new protected grounds of discrimination. First introduced on November 13, 2013 the…

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Client Update: December 2 deadline for responses on changes to PEI Auto Insurance

November 25, 2013

We previously circulated a client update regarding contemplated changes to automobile insurance in Prince Edward Island. Government has now published a consultation paper (www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/eljautoinreform.pdf), seeking responses in writing on or before December 2, 2013. According to the consultation…

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Caribbean Corporate Counsel – Winter 2013

November 19, 2013

The Association of Caribbean Corporate Counsel (ACCC) released the inaugural edition of its quarterly journal, Caribbean Corporate Counsel, featuring CEO, John Rogers, Q.C., advisor on the International Advisory Board, and an article by partner Paul Smith, entitled “Governance…

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Atlantic Employers’ Counsel – Fall 2013

November 19, 2013

CHANGES, CHANGES AND MORE CHANGES: KEEPING UP WITH THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM These days, Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (“TFWP”) is more top of mind than ever for Canadian employers. This is in part…

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Client Update: Time’s Ticking: Not-for-Profit Corporations

October 17, 2013

By October 17, 2014 existing not-for-profit corporations incorporated under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act (the “Old Act”) are required to be continued under the new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (the “New Act”) or face the possibility of automatic administrative…

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Doing Business in Atlantic Canada (Fall 2013)(Canadian Lawyer magazine supplement)

October 9, 2013

IN THIS ISSUE: Reasonable Cause: A necessary prerequisite for random alcohol testing policies by Mark Tector, Steve Carpenter, CHRP, Melissa Everett Withers, Ruth Trask Business Succession: Why is it critical? by Richard Niedermayer, TEP Privacy Please: Nova Scotia brings in new…

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Client Update: Nova Scotia Amends Foreign Worker Rules to Exempt Some Recruiters and Employers From Licensing and Registration Requirements

September 18, 2013

On May 19, 2011, Nova Scotia’s Labour Standards Code was amended to protect foreign workers from exploitation by recruiters and employers. These amendments imposed a requirement for third-party recruiters to obtain a license from the Province to…

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Client Update: Summary of Pender vs. Squires, 2013 NLCA 37

September 10, 2013

Facts This appeal arose from a decision which held that the Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (“Dominion”) has a duty to defend Larry and Lona Hannam and their teenage son Jordan in an action…

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