Staying up-to-date on the most recent cases, laws, and other current issues in the areas of employment, equality, and human rights is essential to keep you or your company from becoming entangled in costly employment-related disputes. Focus on Canadian Employment and Equality Rights newsletter helps employers and HR practitioners stay compliant and avoid such conflicts. It provides reviews and analysis from various experts on the most topical issues in the areas of employment, equality, and human rights. Practical features such as case notes, legislative updates, Question and Answer, and Did You Know? offer valuable insights on a wide range of topics, such as workplace diversity and accommodation, employment agreements, absenteeism, sexual harassment, termination, constructive dismissal, drug and alcohol testing, privacy rights, and pay equity, to name a few.

Features include:

• Lead Article – Expert analysis and valuable commentary on topical issues 
• Question & Answer – Relevant compliance facts that employers need to know 
• Case Notes – Expert summary and analysis of actual workplace situations from recent court, board, and tribunal decisions, with insightful practical application information
• Quotable – A thought-provoking excerpt from a case featured in the issue
• Legislative Alert – Comprehensive updates on recent changes to relevant laws
• Initiatives & Events– Significant government initiatives, upcoming seminars and conferences on employment and human rights issues, and helpful government publications
• Did You Know? – Useful tips, information, and pointers to online tools available to help employers

Benefits include: 

• Encourages you, the employer, to be proactive rather than reactive in the workplace and helps to keep you out of potentially costly litigation. For example, you're provided with professional practical information from employment experts to help avoid and prevent discrimination in the workplace, inadequate accommodation, wrongful dismissal, and other employment-related problems.

Updated monthly.

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Canadian Pensions and Retirement Income Planning covers all types of retirement income plans including defined benefit, defined contribution, RRSPs, and deferred profit sharing plans. It is ideal for pension plan sponsors, administrators, accountants, tax advisers, human resource professionals, actuaries, and pension consultants, as well as students and others interested in better understanding Canada’s tax rules for retirement income programs.

What's new in this edition?

This edition provides a comprehensive look at Canada’s tax rules for retirement income programs including:

• detailed analysis of all registration rules for registered pension plans and deferred profit sharing plans
• the rules for determining the calculation of pension adjustments, past service pension adjustments, and pension adjustment reversals
• new and updated numerical examples for PAs, PSPAs, and PAR calculations
• expanded and updated information on Registered Plan Directorate policies based on the most recent interpretation and changes
• tax rules around phased retirement programs
• updated information on defined contribution programs, rules and employer strategies
• updated background material on minimum pension standards, actuarial valuations, and accounting standards to provide context to the tax rules
• glossary of updated forms and filing requirements
• charts of relevant and commonly used reference data including CPP/QPP/YMPE, average wage, CPI, interest rates and relevant Income Tax Act (Canada) limits
• cross-referencing of tax rules to relevant sections of Income Tax Act (Canada)

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Towers Watson, a leading global professional services company that helps organizations improve performance through effective people, risk, and financial management. With 14,000 associates around the world, Towers Watson offers solutions in the areas of employee benefits, talent management, rewards, and risk and capital management.

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See below for recent changes to employment and labour law.

For 25 years now, the Canadian Master Labour Guide has made it easier for our customers to stay on top of changes in federal and provincial employment and labour law.

Employers and advisors trust the Canadian Master Labour Guide to be their definitive source for employment and labour law, including information on

• Key changes in statutory requirements
• Critical court rulings
• Employment Standards
• Human Rights, Equal Pay/Pay Equity, and Employment Equity
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Employment Insurance
• Oganized Labour
• Collective Bargaining

Here is a sample of some recent changes to employment and labour law included in this new edition:

• Major changes in Employment Insurance, including:
  • additional benefit weeks for all claimants;
  • further additional benefits for long-tenured workers;
  • EI benefit scheme for the self-employed;
  • freezing of premium rates for 2010;
  • changes to premium reduction plan reapplication;
  • Reservist leave added in Alberta and the Yukon.
• Overhaul of employment standards in Prince Edward Island.
• Protection for foreign caregivers in Ontario.
• New "public emergency" leave and new mediation procedures in Nova Scotia.
• New minimum wage increases in New Brunswick.
• Supreme Court of Canada decisions on dismissals in the midst of business closings.

In addition, the following changes, highlighted in the 24th edition as upcoming, will be incorporated into the 25th edition:

• New protections in Ontario for employees from temporary work agencies.
• Human rights changes in Alberta regarding sexual orientation and the complaint process.
• New Pay Equity Act in New Brunswick.
• Notable changes to the Yukon human rights complaint process.

And remember, we don't just provide information – we provide key commentaries to help you quickly understand what the changes mean so you can respond appropriately.

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This is the first of several combos we've created for HR professionals. By combining Canadian Labour Relations and Employment Topics and HR Assist – Labour Relations, you get all the resources you need plus you get great value. With these two tools at your fingertips, you'll have both a comprehensive source of legal information and a powerful strategic resource to help you deal more effectively in a unionized environment.

Topics covered:

• Unfair labour practices
• Certification
• Decertification
• Collective bargaining
• Collective agreements
• Strikes and lockouts
• Successor Rights
• Arbitration
• Labour Relations Boards
• Collective Bargaining Calendar
• Productivity indexes
• Consumer Price Indexes
• Wage and salary rates
• Weekend and shift premiums
• Fringe benefits
• Insurance and benefit plans
• Sick leave
• Paid holidays and vacations
• Unemployment and earnings rates
• And more

Includes bi-weekly newsletters, Labour Notes and Canadian Labour Relations and Employment Topics.

DVD updated monthly.

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The content of Canadian Labour Relations and Employment Topics newsletter ranges from topical, emerging issues to labour relations data. It gives you the information you need for strategic and effective HR management, in both union and non-union environments.

Contributors include senior human resources practitioners, mediators/arbitrators, consultants, academics, and employment and labour lawyers. You'll benefit from the trend-spotting articles covering all the fields of the HR function.

One monthly feature includes articles from U.S. experts providing an American perspective to the labour/HR scene. Practice tips, wage/benefits administration data, collective agreement summaries, quarterly wage settlement data, and following the progress of important labour legislation will help busy practitioners remain informed and current.

Included free with the purchase of Canadian Labour Relations and Employment Topics.

Updated monthly. Available to be e-mailed in PDF format only.

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Whether you're unionized or not, Canadian Labour Relations and Employment Topics is an excellent tool for increasing your knowledge of labour relations planning and practice in activities like contract negotiations, handling grievances, and dealing with other daily workplace problems and issues. Each month, you'll receive topical, practical information on developments in labour relations and human resources management. Includes graphs and tables of key economic and labour statistics, including consumer price index figures for Canada, regional cities, and the provinces, as well as monthly unemployment rates and weekly earnings figures.

Employers and unions can plan for negotiations or policy changes with Canadian Labour Relations and Employment Topics in-depth feature articles, regular newsletter columns, including one or more collective agreement summaries with each report, overviews of trends in benefits, bargaining and the economy, statistical data on major collective agreement provisions, and collective bargaining calendar. Arbitration abstracts provide summaries of recent significant arbitral decisions from across the country.

With the launch of the Internet platform, the updates to your research library are delivered immediately from the editor's desktop to you.

Topics covered:

• Arbitration
• Negotiations
• Collective agreement provisions
• Paid holidays and vacations
• Collective bargaining calendar
• Sick leave
• Consumer price indexes
• Unemployment and earnings rates
• Feature article
• Wage settlements
• Fringe benefits
• Weekend and shift premiums
• Insurance and benefit plans

Includes monthly newsletter, Canadian Labour Relations and Employment Topics.

Loose leaf and DVD updated monthly.

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One Stop Shopping for Employment and Labour Law Information

Legislation
Canadian Labour Law Reporter provides coverage of federal, provincial, and territorial laws on employment standards, human rights, pay and employment equity, employment insurance, and collective bargaining. This comprehensive research tool gives you all the relevant labour legislation across Canada.

Commentary
In addition to commentary on key employment cases and practice tips, the Canadian Labour Law Reporter also has case annotations at the end of each commentary section so you have more case law summary information at your fingertips.

Case Law
The Canadian Labour Law Reporter has full-text court case law and decisions from boards, tribunals, commissions, etc. all across Canada, going back to the 1940's. Our cases follow the same, clear style and are always easy to follow. All cases in the employment and labour areas are analysed by our experts and the most significant are published.

Labour Notes Newsletter
If it's important for you to be aware of current events and issues in Canadian employment and labour law, you'll rely on this newsletter. Published bi-weekly, it will keep you abreast of legislative developments in employment, human rights, labour, pay equity and employment insurance law across Canada. It provides you with digests of ground-breaking cases that affect how you deal with employees, and includes vital economic statistics, and more. Feature articles give you practical insights into trends and emerging issues in these dynamic fields to help you keep yourself current and protect your company's interests and its employees.

News Trackers
There are TWO NewsTrackers with this product, Employment Standards (includes employment standards, employment insurance, and human rights and equity news) and Canadian Labour Law Cases. New bills, cases, and related press releases are posted overnight and our searchable database is updated daily. Upon your request, the NewsTracker feature will notify you by email of breaking news stories as they happen throughout the day. NewsTracker provides a 10-day summary and a 60-day archive of past news items.

What's New
Each section includes a "What's New" feature. It is updated whenever anything is added by one of our experts to our commentary, legislation, or cases, or when a new issue of the news

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HR Assist – Labour Law Cases is an all-electronic service giving you the key decisions of labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and courts from across Canada from 1944 to the present, including full text, headnotes, and digests.

Topics covered:

• Employment standards
• Labour relations
• Employment insurance
• Human rights
• Pay equity

Features include:

• Canadian Labour Law Cases (Archival 1944 to current year) – All cases reported in previous years, organized by year and topic
• Canadian Labour Law Cases (Current year) – All cases reported for the current year organized by topic

Includes bi-weekly newsletter, Labour Notes.

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• HR Assist – Labour Relations
• HR Assist – Employment Standards

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An authoritative source for federal government organizations, Crown corporations, and industrial assistance programs, Canadian Government Programs and Services newsletter contains information from various government departments, including a key media contact and phone numbers.

Included free with the purchase of Canadian Government Programs and Services.

Updated bi-monthly. Available to be e-mailed in PDF format only.

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Do you need information on the federal government? Chances are you'll find everything you need in this authoritative guide to federal government organizations, Crown corporations, and industrial assistance programs. It provides key information on all government departments: organization structure, chief officers and phone numbers, jurisdictions, responsibilities, budgets, and much more, all organized in a topical index.

Features include:

• Organization of the federal government programs and services
• Crown corporations
• Commissions, boards, and councils
• Government relations
• Members of the Senate
• Members of the House of Commons
• Parliamentary and Senate Committees
• Standing, Special, and Joint Committees
• Head and regional offices
• Government assistance programs
• Lists of chief administrative officers (office held, name, telephone number)
• Departmental Organization charts
• Lists of Acts administered by the department agencies (Crown corporation, boards, etc.), reporting to Parliament through the department

Includes bi-monthly newsletter, Canadian Government Programs and Services.

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Canadian Employment Safety and Health Guide newsletter covers health, safety, and related legal issues affecting all workplaces in Canada, including offices, offsite locations, and mobile workstations. It monitors recent trends and discoveries in the health field and explains their legal implications from both an employer's and employee's perspective. It includes articles and discussions on emerging health and safety developments and summaries of recent court judgements.

Canadian Employment Safety and Health Guide newsletter also includes information on legislative changes throughout Canada. It informs readers of new case law and reminds of them impending compliance deadlines, new penalties, and fines for contravening the law.

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If you work in the employment and safety area, this should be the only reference resource you'll need. It covers federal, provincial, and territorial laws and regulations and gives you analysis of a broad range of topics (see below). You'll also have commentary on new developments and emerging trends in every Canadian jurisdiction plus summaries of decisions from the courts, Workers' Compensation Tribunals and Labour Relations Boards. In addition, it monitors trends in occupational health and looks at their legal implications.

Includes monthly newsletter, Canadian Employment Safety and Health Guide.

With the launch of the new Internet platform, the updates to your research library are delivered immediately from the editors' desktop to you. The CD and looseleaf subscriptions are updated monthly.

Topics covered:

• Employers' duties and rights
• Workers' duties and rights
• Occupational health and safety
• Workers' compensation
• Toxic substances/physical agents
• Administration/inspection/enforcement
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• Health and Safety Committees

Benefits:

• Helps you to comply with the law and assists you in developing plans and strategies for a healthier and safer workplace
• Covers all aspects of occupational health, safety, wellness, and related legal issues affecting all workplaces
• Indispensable resource helps you to avoid expensive fines
• Monitors recent trends and discoveries in the occupational health and safety field and reveals their legal implications and how they affect your business
• Explains your duties and responsibilities under federal and provincial legislation
• Includes extensive commentary on every Canadian jurisdiction
• Provides you with examples of new or potential health and safety hazards
• Covers your employees' rights to refuse unsafe work
• Cites relevant case law
• Reminds you of impending compliance deadlines, as well as new penalties and fines for contravening the law

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Canadian Employment Law Guide newsletter is the fastest and easiest way to stay up-to-date on the ever-changing legislation covering employment standards and the human rights legal landscape in Canada. Expert commentary will also grant you valuable insight on the latest developments and issues in employment law.

Included free with the purchase of Canadian Employment Law Guide.

Updated bi-monthly. Available to be e-mailed in PDF format only.

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Employment standards are constantly changing and it's vital that you keep up. Canadian Employment Law Guide is the ideal way to stay up-to-date. It will keep you informed of significant changes occurring in all the key areas of employment law. It also includes Q&A sections covering some of the most common employment standards issues, such as maternity and parental leave, vacations with pay, harassment in the workplace, and terminations. Although there is no legislation included in the product, you'll find expert commentary and many useful and relevant case summaries throughout.

Topics covered:

• Employment Insurance
• Minimum wage/overtime
• Equal pay/employment equity
• Payment of wages
• Hours of work
• Personnel records
• Human rights
• Privacy in the workplace
• Labour jurisdictions
• Statutory holidays
• Leaves of absence
• Termination
• Minimum age
• Vacations

Features include:

• Case Table
• Newsletter
• Cumulative Index
• Topical Index

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The complex field of benefits and pensions becomes a lot clearer with the help of Canadian Employment Benefits and Pension Guide newsletter. It will make it easy to stay on top of legislative developments and policy initiatives across Canada. You'll stay abreast of legislation, tax issues, news from the U.S., and vital statistics such as CIA minimum transfer value rates. And each issue has feature articles providing insight and advice on major issues and emerging trends.

Included free with the purchase of Canadian Employment Benefits and Pension Guide.

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In response to many requests from subscribers, we have created this value-packed combo. Both are widely regarded as essential publications for all organizations. Canadian Business Management Manual provides practical guidance and information for business managers covering a wide range of key topics. Government Assistance Manual offers comprehensive guidance to hundreds of federal and provincial government assistance programs for Canadian business.

Includes monthly newsletter, Management Matters.

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