April 14, 2009 Legal News Does the Right to Associate Require Employers to Bargain a Collective Agreement? The Supreme Court of Canada recently granted leave to appeal a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal affecting bargaining rights for farm workers in that province. The Ontario Court’s decision found that the Ontario government violated the farm workers’…
April 1, 2009 Legal News B.C. Supreme Court Provides Guidance on New Wage Earner Protection The Wage Earner Protection Program Act (the “WEPPA“) which allows the government to pay workers up to $3,000 in owed wages immediately from general federal revenues, came into effect on July 7, 2008. At the same time, the Bankruptcy and…
