Supreme Court of Canada Rules Future CPP Benefits Not Deductible...
This case dealt with the narrow issue of whether the value of future CPP benefits are deductible under an SEF 44 claim.
Navigating Employment Law Tricky For Startups
So, you want to launch a business in Nova Scotia? Well, whether you want to disrupt the tech sector, break the Internet or brew some sour beer, you are going to need to understand what it means to be an employer subjected to a litany of employment laws.
Update: Is the Failure to Provide Parental Leave “Top-Up” Benefits...
The complainant was a unionized employee and his Collective Agreement provided top-up benefits to adoptive parents, but not to biological parents. The Board of Inquiry concluded that the distinction in benefits constituted discrimination on the basis of family status.
Is the Failure to Provide Parental Leave “Top-Up” Benefits Discriminatory
In Adekayode v Halifax (Regional Municipality), 2015 CanLII 13866, a Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission Board of Inquiry recently considered a complaint alleging that an employer’s failure to provide a top-up of employment insurance benefits for biological parents during a parental leave was discriminatory.