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starts with access to a workplace savings plan that makes it easier to get started and stay on track. For employers, that creates an opportunity to think about workplace savings as part of total compensation. These plans can help employees save through payroll, understand the value of employer contributions, and build long-term financial confidence. They can also support retention by showing emplo

Montreal, October 28, 2026 – The Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés du Québec and CPHR Canada have submitted a joint brief to the House of Commons entitled Strengthening Accountability and Clarifying the Scope of Exceptional Measures to Preserve Balanced Labour Relations , as part of the study of Bill C-39. In keeping with their respective mandates, the two organizations have focu

As lawyers like to say, it depends. But threatening to punch him immediately afterwards certainly doesn’t help.   It’s not controversial to say that selling your business and staying on as an employee can be tricky. Yesterday you were the boss, today, the people who bought your company are the boss. You almost certainly have opinions about how they are running things.  The recently affirmed decisi

For years, Ontario employers have had good reason to worry about their termination clauses. Even clauses intended to comply with the law have been found unenforceable because their wording fails to meet the requirements of the Employment Standards Act , 2000 (the “ ESA ”). The consequences can be significant when that happens: the employee becomes entitled to common law reasonable notice, which ca