Canada

New and updated

• Canada: Pay and benefits

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  International

  Updated with increases in the minimum wage rates in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, effective from 1 October 2018.

• Canada: Equal opportunities

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  International

  Updated to include additional information on the Ontario Police Record Checks Reform Act 2015, which comes into effect on 1 November 2018.

• Canada: Health and safety

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  International

  Updated to reflect changes relating to workplace violence and harassment and the right in Alberta for a worker to refuse work in certain circumstances on health and safety grounds.

• Canada: Employee rights

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  International

  Updated to reflect amended rules relating to overtime in Quebec and compassionate care leave and extended bereavement leave in various jurisdictions.

• Canada: Contracts of employment

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  International

  Updated to include information on notice periods in Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon territory and on reasonable notice in Quebec.

• Canada: Termination of employment

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  International

  Updated to include additional information on the test for determining constructive dismissal.

• Canada: Industrial relations

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  International

  Updated to include information on trade union information rights and trade union certification procedures in Ontario from 1 January 2018.

• Canada: Training and development

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  International

  Updated to reflect the adoption of accessibility legislation in Nova Scotia.

• Canada: Recruitment and selection

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  International

  Updated to reflect the inclusion of gender identity as a prohibited ground of discrimination in all jurisdictions.

• Canada: Useful resources - legal service providers

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  International

  Information on legal service providers for Canada employment law.