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Title Canada: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Now a Statutory Holiday in B.C. In our earlier blog post, we provided an overview of Bill 2, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act, which if passed into law, would recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30) as a public holiday in British Columbia and would establish it as a statutory holiday ...	Author Lawson Lundell LLP	Date 30 Mar 2023
Title Australia: Are you across the new paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave laws and regulations? Full-time, part-time and casual employees (except those employed by small businesses) are able to access 10 days of paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave (FDVL) from 1 February 2023. What does this mean for employers? FIRSTLY, WHAT'S CHANGED? Full-time, part-time and casual employees will ...	Author Brown Wright Stein Lawyers	Date 29 Mar 2023
Title South Africa: Collective misconduct and the burden of proof: lessons for employers The Labour Appeal Court has ruled against an employer's reliance on collective misconduct for shrinkage in an unfair dismissal case, reinforcing the importance of evidence and the burden of proof placed on the employer. The concept of collective misconduct applies when employers address misconduc...	Author Webber Wentzel	Date 28 Mar 2023
Title Mexico: The regulation of imported goods produced under forced labor or labor exploitation. On February 17, 2023, the Agreement that establishes the goods whose importation is subject to regulation by the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, to establish that the goods being imported into Mexican territory must not have been produc...	Author Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.	Date 28 Mar 2023
Title Italy: What's new in the field of whistleblowing in the private employment context Legislative Decree of March 10, 2023, No. 24 implemented in Italy the Directive (Eu) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and of national law (so called “whistleblowing”). The decree regulates int...	Author Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	Date 27 Mar 2023
Title Australia: Reasonable Notice Claim Costs Employer The recent case of Daigle v SCT Operations Pty Limited [2022] NSWDC 364 (Daigle) has highlighted the importance of ensuring that employees have an agreed, lawful period of notice of termination in their employment contract. In Daigle, a geotechnical engineer who had been employed for over 16 ye...	Author Gadens	Date 23 Mar 2023
Title Canada: Amendments to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 and Other Legislation On March 20, 2023, the Ontario government tabled Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023. If passed, Bill 79 would amend several statutes including the Employment Standards Act, 2000, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act, 2009. Group...	Author Hicks Morley	Date 22 Mar 2023
Title United States: Mandated Paid Leave Coming to Illinois On March 13, 2023, Illinois became one of just three states (joining Maine and Nevada) to require employers to provide paid leave that employees can use for any reason at all. Illinois’ Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the “Act”) will cover most Illinois employers and employees an...	Author Lewis Rice	Date 22 Mar 2023