OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government, chastised last year in an auditor’s report that found a lack of oversight of Canada’s controversial temporary foreign workers program, is stepping up employer inspections and naming and shaming those caught breaking the rules. Since the start of the year, roughly 1,600 employers have been flagged as “high-risk” and selected for inspections by [...]

Company culture, pay and benefits further behind as considerations: Survey Learning and growth opportunities are the top factor in deciding whether to accept a job offer, according to a recent survey. When asked “What is most important to you when deciding to accept a job offer?” respondents answered: learning and growth opportunities – 42 per [...]

Nearly three years after it was passed unanimously by the Ontario legislature, the Police Record Checks Reform Act will become law on Nov. 1. It will severely limit the release of police “non-conviction records” that have thwarted careers and ruined lives, as detailed in a Star investigation. Legislation protecting innocent Ontarians from the release of [...]

Holiday pay a major source of complaints: Minister The Ontario government will review the public holiday system as part of the province's ongoing response to its Changing Workplaces Review, according to Labour Minister Kevin Flynn. Public holiday rules are the source of the most complaints under the Employee Standards Act and need to be simplified, [...]

Bill 3 will force firms to post salary range, forbid questions on pay history, says Labour Minister Kevin Flynn. New legislation has passed that will force employers to publish salary ranges in a move meant to help narrow the gender pay gap. Bill 3, the Pay Transparency Act, also means companies cannot ask potential employees [...]

Notice entitlement is supposed to bridge the gap to similar work, not be retraining for a different career Providing reasonable notice to an employee whose employment is being terminated is one of the fundamental elements of Canadian employment law that employers must comply with. So what is reasonable notice? This is something that sometimes can [...]

Nearly three-quarters of workers stay with employer because of pension Pension benefits are a major factor for most workers in North America when deciding whether to accept a job, according to an Accenture survey. Nearly four in five (78 per cent) of the 2,750 U.S. and Canadian workers (2,600 in the U.S., 150 in Canada) and retirees with [...]

Canada experienced robust hiring despite tepid performance in some industries Employment in Canada increased by 42,800 jobs from February to March, according to the ADP Canada National Employment Report. "Overall, Canada experienced robust hiring in the month of March despite a tepid performance in some industries," said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice-president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute. "While there were losses [...]

The difficult decisions for employers when employees break the law while off-duty Do you know what your employees are up to when they’re not at work? Does it matter? Sometimes it does, but most of the time it doesn’t, or at least shouldn’t. The behaviour of employees when they’re off-duty is usually nothing the employer [...]

New Legislation Would Enable Minimum Pay Rates for Private-Sector Contractors Ontario will introduce legislation today that would ensure that people working in construction, building cleaning or security jobs under contracts with the government will be paid the fair, prevailing wage in those sectors. Premier Kathleen Wynne was at the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters, [...]