Labour & Employment Newsletter Pronouns in the Workplace In 2013, “gender identity” and “gender expression” were added as protected grounds to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act. The Canada Human Rights Act followed suit [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Employers' Obligations on Election Day September 2021 With the upcoming Federal election on Monday, September 20, 2021 employers should be aware of their obligations to employees on Election Day. Employers [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Employers' Obligations on Election Day in Nova Scotia Summer, 2021 With the upcoming election in Nova Scotia on August 17, 2021, employers should be aware of their obligations to employees [...]
Long Term Care Law Newsletter Can an Employer in the Long-Term Care Sector Require that Employees Work a Rotating Shift Schedule? Summer 2021 Long-term care facilities run 24 hours a day, 7 days a [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Last Chance Agreements Spring, 2021 Our employer clients often refer to a last chance agreement ("LCA") as a silver bullet in certain situations, such as dealing with a problematic employee. [...]
Long Term Care Law Newsletter Protecting Residents from Financial Abuse: Discouraging Gifts from Residents to Employees of Long-Term Care Facilities Spring 2021 On several occasions, long-term care facilities have asked us what they should do [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter No Jab, No Job? What are the Considerations for Mandatory Vaccination Policies? Winter, 2021 With the approval of COVID-19 vaccines in December 2020, a return to normal life looks increasingly [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter News and Decisions You Might Have Missed Autumn, 2020 It would be easy to think the only issues that employers need to consider this year relate to COVID-19 and its [...]
Long Term Care Law Newsletter Disclosure of Residents’ Personal Health Information to Family Members Autumn 2020 It goes without saying that long term care facilities have a duty to protect residents’ personal health information. [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Accommodating Family Status in the Workplace Summer, 2020 Human rights legislation protects employees from discrimination on a number of bases, including family status. Under Nova Scotia’s legislation, these protections can involve [...]