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When mergers and acquisitions reach a certain size, calculated, for instance, by the value of the assets of the resulting corporation, parties to the transaction can be required to obtain government’s green light before finalizing the deal. The Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development recently announced statutory annual adjustments to two of these thresholds. […]

Citizens sometimes consider government structure reorganizations as cause for headaches. However, those may also have clearly positive impacts, as we can see from this example. Prior to January 1, when an instance of psychological harassment caused an employment injury, a worker could be involved in two proceedings, with distinct objects, but where the same witnesses […]

At RSS, we are very fortunate to have numerous dynamic clients, whose projects and goals are most diversified. Interacting with them keeps our firm in constant development, both in terms of quality and diversity of services. Herbert Z. Pinchuk, head of RSS’s Business Law Group, illustrates the firm’s vitality with a brief description of recent […]

Violence, harassment and personal conflicts at work are delicate situations where the employer may be overwhelmed by the problem, and thus be hard-pressed to solve it. If you are an employer facing such circumstances, chances are that you will be in a dilemma: you know that you need to act as a neutral investigator, yet […]

The traditional social question is also relevant in the context of business relationships: if a dispute arises out of a contract you signed, will you have to travel to the outer limits of the province if it ends up in court? Click here to read comments by Sharon G. Druker on clauses that could spare […]

Perhaps you have already been in the situation where the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail [“CNESST”] files a complaint for dismissal without a good and sufficient cause1 under s. 124 of the Act respecting labour standards [“L.S.A.”] as well as a civil suit for dismissal without […]

Three years ago, you hired a sales rep. You drew an employment agreement defining the compensation, working schedule and vacations. Since the rep was to occupy a strategic position in your company, you inserted non-competition and non-solicitation clauses into the agreement. Finally, you stated that the agreement would be limited to a three-year duration, and […]

Last spring, the federal government caused quite a stir within trade unions with the adoption of Bill C-525, that tightened the rules for the accreditation of a union while facilitating the revocation of certification. The Bill came into force on June 16, 2015. In April, RSS had issued a bulletin on this amendment. The new […]

Collective agreements frequently contain clauses providing that tasks normally performed by workers in the bargaining unit cannot be performed by employees who are not members of the unit. Drafting these clauses requires special care. For a long time, grievance arbitrators have interpreted such clauses restrictively and limited their scope to the establishment to which the […]

With the coming into force of the new Code of Civil Procedure on January 1, 2016, the Minister of Justice has revised the Tariff of Judicial Fees in Civil Matters (decree 1094-2015). Click here to read comments by Patrick Henry.