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A Recent Update from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Provides Insight into the Prevalence and Effect of Data Breaches in Canada
In the digital age, the Internet plays a significant role in the daily lives of Canadians. Along with the benefits it brings in terms of connectivity, harmful consequences in the form of major data breaches are increasingly affecting Canadians across...

Section 26 of Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) outlines an employer’s compensation obligation towards their employees when a public holiday falls on a regular work day.
In order to be entitled to public holiday pay, the employee must pass the “Last and First Rule” – which requires the employee to work all of her/his last regularly scheduled day of work before the public holiday and all of her/his first regularly scheduled...

In Perdikaris v. Purdue Pharma, 2019 SKQB281, the Chief Justice of the SaskatchewanCourt of Queen’s Bench has ruled that a conflict of interest between ProvincialHealth Insurers (“PHIs”) and the Representative Plaintiffs and/or Class Membersthat emerges...

Workplace investigations are an important process in any workplace. In some cases they are required by legislation and in others they are just good practice. Before conducting your own internal workplace investigation, be sure you have considered all...