Labour Pains

When is “Canada Day”? How about “New Year’s Day” or “Christmas”? Like all good legal questions, the answer, it would appear, is “it depen...

On November 22, 2017, the Ontario Government passed Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 , S.O. 2017 C.22 . The Bill rece...

(c) istock/DragonImages Here is a controversial statement: Boxing Day is far more deserving of public holiday status than is Christmas Da...

Can we all be honest with one another for a moment? Yesterday’s fight over which retail establishments could open and which could not was...

If an employee asserts his right, as guaranteed under the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 , not to work on a holiday or on a Sunday...

As a general statement of law, it is illegal for a retail business to be open on a holiday. Of course, there are numerous exemptions to th...

Earlier this month I blogged about the nine “public holidays” under Ontario law and how the Civic Holiday, Remembrance Day, and Easter Su...

For most workers in Ontario, the first Monday in August and Easter Monday are paid days off work. However, neither is a “public holiday” ...