Blog

By Mike MacLellan

Bill 66 Passes in Ontario Legislature - It Turns Out the Sky is Not Falling After All

The Ontario government has passed Bill 66, known as Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2019.  It is an omnibus bill making amendme...

Read More

By Mike MacLellan

It’s OPEN Season in the Construction Industry – Tips for Employers to Avoid the Pitfalls of the 2019 “Open Period”

Ontario’s construction industry has a two-month “open period” every three years, where trade unions will attempt to raid each oth...

Read More

By Angela Wiggins

2015 IN REVIEW – A Look Back at the Top Cases and Key Legislative Changes that Impacted your Workplace

Many important decisions and legislative changes occurred in 2015. Over the course of the year, CCP blogged these developments – here is a re...

Read More

BE PREPARED, EMPLOYERS - THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY “OPEN PERIOD” IS COMING!

Termination and Raid Applications During the 2016 “Open Period” in the Construction Industry In Ontario many construction industry coll...

Read More

By Mike MacLellan

48 Hour Countdown: Responding to a Union's Application to Certify your Construction Company

Let's say you've just dispatched your crew for the morning and someone you've never met comes up to you, calls you by name, hands you a package and...

Read More

By David Chondon

Termination and Raid Applications during the “Open Period” in the Construction Industry - the “Open Period” is Coming!

In Ontario many construction industry collective agreement negotiations take place every three years. On April 30th of this year, collective agreem...

Read More