Canadian workplace training requirements: A guide to compliance in 2025
Meeting Your Legal Training Obligations Across Canada, employers face a complex web of legal obligations when it comes to training their workforce. As an employer in Canada, you’re likely focused on providing job-specific training to help your team succeed. However, beyond teaching employees how to perform their roles effectively, you have legal obligations to provide […]
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May 15, 2025 
Managing workforces amid tariff wars: Best strategies for Canadian employers
Discover strategic HR approaches to manage workforce challenges during tariff wars. Learn how to stay compliant, agile, and resilient amid global trade disruptions.
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New statutory requirements for Ontario employers heading into 2025
With recent ESA changes coming in quick succession, with varying requirements and effective dates, it can be a challenging time as an employer. While this article is non-exhaustive, it offers an overview of major changes that have just arrived, or will soon be here:
Vey Willetts LLP
Pay transparency in Ontario: What employers need to know
In general, pay transparency refers to the practice of openly sharing compensation information with current and prospective employees.
Simes Law
How AI is changing hiring: The opportunities and challenges
AI is becoming a game-changer in hiring and workplace decisions. It’s helping companies streamline recruitment, make smarter choices, and even tackle bias in the process.
SpringLaw
Enforcing the right to disconnect
The inclusion of a right to disconnect in the ESA was initially considered as a positive step forward for employees in Ontario. The reality is that this “right” was a procedural guarantee in the ESA. This article will focus on the provisions of the ESA regarding a “right to disconnect,” and their enforcement.
Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation
Quiet quitting: What employers need to know
You may have heard of the trend where employees engage in “quiet quitting.” It started around the early 2020s during the pandemic. But what is it? How common is it? Why do employees do it? And what can employers do about it? This blog post answers these questions.
Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD
Common employee handbook mistakes and how to avoid them
Employee handbooks can be a useful tool in managing the workplace. When done properly, they offer a number of advantages, such as helping to formalize various processes (fostering consistency and transparency); reduce the risk of arbitrary decision-making and/or favouritism; promote legal compliance; reinforce company culture and values; and defend against potential employee claims and/or complaints.
Vey Willetts LLP
Performance reviews 101
A performance review, also known as a performance appraisal or evaluation, is a structured process in which an employer assesses an employee’s job performance over a specific period. These reviews aim to provide constructive feedback, recognize accomplishments, and set future goals.
SpringLaw
