On June 14, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision in Irving Pulp & Paper Limited v. Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30, on the controversial issue surrounding random drug and alcohol testing in the workplace, overturning the New Brunswick Court of Appeal’s decision, and ruling that random testing is not justified in the workplace, even in inherently dangerous work environments.

At first instance, the union filed a grievance challenging the mandatory […]

China has a new employment law. This new law significantly impacts an employer who does not directly employ its own workers, but instead uses agencies such as FESCO or third party staffing companies, also known as labor dispatching agencies. At the end of 2012, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Decision on the Revision of the Labor Contract Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Amendment”). The Amendment will take […]