Archives for January 16, 2026

Ontario’s new rules around hiring and pay transparency lack enforcement, lawyers say

Gerald Griffiths says Ontario’s new hiring rules create a greater level of accountability because employers now have to be clearer in job postings and employees can better assess if they want to apply for those jobs. 

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Feds caution employers about bonuses, pay structures in overtime compliance

Nicole LeFave and Brian Rho say a DOL opinion letter regarding certain performance-based bonuses and pre-shift “roll call” time in overtime calculations “reinforces a longstanding principle: if a bonus is promised in advance and triggered by conditions set by the