BILL C-423: An Act respecting the fight against certain forms of modern slavery through the imposition of certain measures and amending the Customs Tariff

This enactment enacts the Modern Slavery Act, which imposes an obligation on certain entities to report on the measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child …

Modern Slavery Act aims to block unethical products from Canada

As Canadians pull out their wallets this holiday season, they have no way of knowing whether the gifts they are buying for friends and family were made by modern-day slaves. …

US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Labor Chaper

The text of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Labor Chapter and Annex   https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/agreements/FTA/USMCA/Text/23_Labor.pdf

LGBT provisions watered down in Trump’s USMCA deal

President Trump agreed on Friday to an updated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that includes aspirational language encouraging member states to adopt policies against LGBT discrimination in the workforce …

BC Ferries workers want the right to strike and are going to court to get it

Graeme Johnston isn’t contesting that BC Ferries workers, who operate routes departing from Prince Rupert, Victoria and many remote places in between, perform an essential service. As he sees it, …

Hundreds gather in Vancouver to protest back-to-work legislation for Canada Post employees

Against the backdrop of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” hundreds convened outside the Vancouver Convention Centre Thursday afternoon to deliver both a political and moral message to Prime Minister Justin …

Is back-to-work legislation unconstitutional?

Bill C-89 recently passed third reading in the Senate, its final hurdle before becoming law. The bill ended the rotating strikes that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers had engaged in …

Province to Regulate Recruitment of Temporary Foreign Workers

The article gives a brief introduction to a newly passed Bill (Bill 48- 2018: Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act). The bill will not come into effect until additional regulations are …

Senate passes back-to-work legislation, putting end to rotating Canada Post strikes

Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers. Royal assent …

Federal labour law changes would benefit precarious workers

Enhanced personal leaves, more notice about job scheduling and a mandatory eight-hour break between shifts are among the proposals to amend Canada’s federal labour laws.  The changes are part of …