Labour & Employment
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January 06, 2026
Top Ontario employment law decisions of 2025
2025 was another eventful year in employment law. As with previous years, the enforceability of termination clauses continued to dominate courts’ time, but a more balanced approach to these clauses emerged this past year. We also saw our courts address the duty to mitigate, pre-employment inducement and, right before the holidays, claw back clauses, giving those practising in this area clear guidance on these issues. The following are the top employment law decisions of 2025.
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January 06, 2026
Ontario Civil Rules Review working group calls for expansion of mandatory mediation
The Civil Rules Review (CRR) was launched in 2024 as a joint initiative of the chief justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the province’s Attorney General. The CRR’s mandate was to propose wholesale reforms to the Rules of Civil Procedure (the Rules), which were last overhauled in 1985, so that the civil justice system is more accessible and to reduce costs and delays.
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January 05, 2026
Ontario’s new rules, regulations run from labour and employment to road safety
New year, new rules. A number of new regulations and legislative initiatives have now come into effect after the clock ticked over into 2026, addressing a wide swath of areas from labour market barriers to road safety.
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January 02, 2026
New Manitoba road laws aim to protect cyclists, snowplow drivers
Manitoba has brought into force new road safety laws in a bid to better protect snowplow operators, tow truck drivers and cyclists.
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January 02, 2026
B.C. receives over 260 submissions on improving province’s business environment
The Government of British Columbia has received more than 260 submissions through its “Ease of Doing Business” initiative and is reviewing them to “foster a business environment that supports good jobs and economic growth.”
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December 24, 2025
Law360 Canada is taking a publishing break and will be back Jan. 2
Law360 Canada will be on a publishing hiatus from Dec. 25, 2025, to Jan. 2, 2026. We wish you a happy holiday and all the best for the new year.
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December 23, 2025
P.E.I. to launch first community legal clinic
A prominent lawyers’ group in Prince Edward Island is calling the launch of the province’s first community legal clinic “an important advancement in access to justice” — particularly for those facing barriers to certain types of civil justice.
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December 23, 2025
Quebec Crown prosecutors lose legal battle over working conditions
Quebec Crown prosecutors, disenchanted by the provincial government’s unilateral decision to ignore several recommendations made by an arbitrator appointed by both parties over their normative working conditions, lost a legal battle after the Quebec Superior Court dismissed their application for judicial review. The decision capped a bleak year for the Quebec Association of Public Prosecutors for Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (APPCP).
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December 23, 2025
Jordan D. Simon promoted to shareholder at Ogletree Deakins
Jordan D. Simon has been promoted to shareholder at Ogletree Deakins in Toronto, the firm announced.
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December 22, 2025
Alberta court strikes down law society oath of allegiance over religious rights
Alberta’s top court has ruled that the provincial law society’s requirements to swear allegiance to the monarch violated a Sikh man’s religious rights under the Charter.