Non-compete clauses in Ontario: status and potential application of Bill 27
By now, most employers know that Bill 27, the Working for Workers’ Act (the “Act”), prohibits employers and most employees from entering into non-competition agreements (“non-competes”). At this point, we have limited information about how this will be implemented and treated by the Courts. As with any new legislation, it will take time to see...
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It’s Too Easy Being Green: Defining Fair Green Marketing Principles.
Continue reading the post titled Greenwashing enforcement ramping up in the USJohnson & Johnson stopping all sales of talcum-based baby powder
On August 11, 2022, global pharmaceutical and consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) announced that it would stop all sales of its talc-based baby powder products in 2023. The announcement is noteworthy news for tens of thousands of women who are bringing lawsuits against J&J, claiming damages for allegedly developing cancer due to baby...
Continue reading the post titled Johnson & Johnson stopping all sales of talcum-based baby powderExcess Soil Management Guidance finalized
The Ministry of the Environment has announced release of the final, Management of Excess Soil – A Guide for Best Management Practices is now available on the Environmental Bill of Rights Registry and the ministry’s website. You can access the guide here. The document provides guidance on many aspects of managing soil for owners, developers and...
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December 12 is the deadline for submitting comments to the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency about its weak regulation of the bee-killing pesticides, neonicotinoid insecticides. Widespread use of neonicotinoids is strongly linked to deaths of both domestic and wild pollinators, but they are popular pesticides among grain farmers. The Ontario Beekeepers’ Association has a proposed comment available...
Continue reading the post titled Deadline for comments on bee-killing pesticidesToronto Mulls Administrative Monetary Penalty System
As cities aim to improve their sustainability, by improving air quality and congestion, the City of Toronto is looking at ways to make it easier to ticket cars blocking bike lanes by moving to an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) system. And to save some money in the process. We weren’t able to find much on the City’s...
Continue reading the post titled Toronto Mulls Administrative Monetary Penalty SystemEmployers: Post and Distribute the Updated ESA Poster
Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”), employers must post a copy of the most recent employment standards poster (“ESA Poster”) prepared by the Ministry of Labour in a “conspicuous place” in the workplace. The Ministry of Labour has just released a new version of the ESA Poster, which you can view/print at this link.[1]...
Continue reading the post titled Employers: Post and Distribute the Updated ESA Poster50 years of mercury pollution: Grassy Narrows
Fifty years ago last month, in March 1962, Dryden Chemicals began dumping an estimated 10 metric tonnes of mercury into the Wabigoon River, contaminating the fish which formed the subsistence and economy of three Indigenous communities Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows), Wabaseemoong (White Dog), and some members of Wabauskang who lived at Quibell. Half a century later...
Continue reading the post titled 50 years of mercury pollution: Grassy NarrowsNew Law Times Article: “Court sends message with rejection of class settlement”
In a recent article published by Law Times, Siskinds Class Action Associate Daniel Bach gives his thoughts on the recent judicial rejection of the Kidd v. The Canada Life Assurance Co. proposed settlement.Read the full article on the Law Times website here.
Continue reading the post titled New Law Times Article: “Court sends message with rejection of class settlement”New Cycling Strategy for Ministry of Transportation
As ghost bikes (marking the site of a cycling death) multiply around Toronto, the Ministry of Transportation has announced its plans to respond to the Chief Coroner of Ontario’s “Cycling Death Review”. Comments on EBR posting 011-7552 are invited until January 31, 2013. As a first step, MTO plans to replace its 20 year old...
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