Employment Law Canada NEW

Registration and coffee

Overview of the employment law framework in Canada

(a) Federal/Provincial jurisdiction

• Employer registrations

(b) Union

• Canadian Labour Law Framework
• Collective agreements
• Grievances

Non-Union

• Employment contract
• Litigation

Hiring employees in Canada

• Background screening
• Criminal/credit checks
• Drug and alcohol testing

Contracts of employment/concepts and key terms

• Establishing a contract
• Statutory minimum terms (overview – typical ESA obligations).
  • Leaves of absence
  • Hours of work/overtime
  • Vacation pay

• Standard benefits
  • Insured benefits
  • State benefits (OHIP, etc.)
  • Employer sponsored retirement benefits and savings plans (CAP’s, SERPs, etc.)
  • Social security (EI/CPP/ITA).

Day to day employee management

• Absence management
• Duty to accommodate
• Employer right to medical information
• Making changes to an employee’s terms and conditions of employment
• Employee communications rwith regard to benefits/benefit changes
• Plan sponsor obligations – ongoing maintenance of benefits plans
• Pay equity/equal pay for equal work
• Privacy
• WSIA/OHSA

Termination of employment

• Just cause examples
• Without cause
  • statutory minimums
  • common law claims

Practical advice:non-union employees

• Employment interviews
• Drafting offer letters
• List of contents for typical offer letter
• Restrictive covenants
• Termination
• Drafting termination documents, i.e. letters/releases

Collective agreements/union employees

• Certification of a trade union
• Hiring
• Progressive discipline
• Grievances
• Termination
• Labour disturbances
• Sale of a business
• Recent developments

New developments

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