Court of Appeal Confirms Municipal Authority to Negotiate Water Services In East Hants (Municipality) v. Nova Scotia (Utility and Review Board), 2020 NSCA 41, the Court of Appeal confirmed a municipality’s authority to negotiate a water [...]
Sweeping Changes to Expropriation Compensation In 2019 the Province of Nova Scotia made significant changes to the way expropriation compensation is determined. According to the Province, the changes were made to ensure that claimants [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Considerations for Charities and Not-for-profit Organizations in light of COVID-19 As COVID-19 continues to impact our daily lives, charities and not-for-profit organizations face unprecedented demands. In carrying out their purpose [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter: Winter 2020 Social Media Background Checks in the Hiring Process Many employers conduct social media background checks to screen job applicants during the hiring process. These background checks are a [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Ending Employment for Just Cause - When does an Employer have to use progressive discipline? Employers sometimes have an employee whose behaviour is a problem but who does not commit [...]
Labour & Employment NewsletterEmployers' Obligations on Election Day With the upcoming Federal election on October 21, 2019, employers should be aware of their obligations to employees on Election Day.Employers have an obligation to ensure that [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter An Employee is on LTD: Can their employment end? Summer 2019 Employees who are absent from work and receiving long term disability (“LTD”) benefits can pose a sensitive problem [...]
Long Term Care Law Newsletter A Society’s By-Laws: Best practices for keeping by-laws workable Spring 2019 Many long-term care facilities are incorporated as societies or have a society as part of their operations. This [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Pets in the Workplace: What’s an Employer to do? Spring 2019 One workplace trend that continues to grow in popularity is the presence of employees’ pets in the workplace. If [...]
Labour & Employment Newsletter Age Discrimination in the Workplace: What is the state for older workers? Winter 2019 The Province of Nova Scotia eliminated mandatory retirement effective on July 1st of 2009 (there are [...]