What is a Tip or Gratuity? Tips and gratuities are common in Ontario and often expected in service-based establishments such as restaurants, hair salons, and nail salons. “Tip or other gratuity” is defined in the Employment Standards Act, 2000(ESA) as a payment left for an employee, made to an employer, or received from a customer …

In the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), there are rules for how employers are permitted to make deductions from their employee’s wages. What’s the Difference Between Salary and Wages? Salary is not defined in the ESA, but a definition can be found in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “fixed compensation paid regularly for services”. In the …

The Carbon Tax was first introduced into Canada’s federal legislation in 2018 and officially began collecting revenues on April 1, 2019.  The Carbon Tax attaches a fee to activities which produce emissions from fossil fuels. These fossil fuels include coal, oil, gasoline, or natural gas. The Carbon Tax operates in all sectors of the Canadian …

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment decisions is controversial. While implementation of AI can make processes faster and easier, it also risks the introduction of biases and discrimination into hiring decisions. As AI is a rapidly developing field, the legal framework with regard to employment has not yet caught up, leading to several …

An employer can agree with an employee that the employee will have to pay the employer back money wasted on training the employee (wages, training expenses, etc.) if the employee quits or gets fired early. This kind of employee repayment agreement, which is usually contained in a clause in an employment contract, is often called …

How CPP Contributions Used to Work Employees and employers in Canada make Canada Pension Plan (“CPP’) contributions, and as of 2023, there’s a single annual ceiling of contributions of 5.95% for both employees and employers. This ceiling is officially called the “Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings“. The Government of Canada sets a new Year’s Maximum Pensionable …

So you just got a text (no less) offering you a dream stay-at-home job. Congratulations!… You are in the process of a scam. First, no employer will likely ever solicit you randomly unless you are already employed in a sophisticated, elite, high-paid position. Employers do not “poach” unskilled workers. PS… “Mystery Shopper” isn’t a skilled …

The legal drinking age in Canada varies by province. The legal drinking age is 18 in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec and 19 in the rest of the country (British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador). The History of the Legal Drinking Age in Canada The legal drinking …

In Canada, no one is entitled to a job and no one is entitled to keep a job, just like in the US. However, one of the most pivotal rights in Canada, which does not exist in the US, is an employee’s entitlement to reasonable notice of termination. This common law legal protection serves as …

In the business world, “restructuring” is a term that often circulates in the corridors of large, publicly listed companies experiencing downward share prices. While it carries a technical veneer, at its heart, restructuring is a polite term for mass terminations. So, what drives companies to adopt this course of action, and what does it mean …