It was recently announced that, as of January 1st, 2022, British Columbia will be the first and only province in Canada to provide all their workers (even those working part-time) with five days of paid sick leave each year. The change was announced by Labour Minister...
COVID-19 has brought about significant impact on Canadian economy and therefore resulted in considerable instability in the labour market, and many employees are at risk of dismissal. It is thus important for employees to understand how Employment Insurance (EI) has...
What’s the Difference? Businesses use a variety of different workers for varying purposes. Employees may be hired for indefinite or fixed term employment and consultants or independent contractors can be retained to provide services on a project basis without ever...
What is a Dependent Contractor? A workers relationship generally falls into one of three classifications: employee, dependent contractor or independent contractor. Dependent contractors are seen as the in-between category of workers—basically if one is held to be a...
If you have recently been terminated from your job, there is no doubt you will have questions. For example, you may want to know about reasonable notice or what other rights you are entitled to. What you may not know is that the answers will vary depending on your...
