On October 29, 2018, the federal government tabled Bill C-86, an omnibus bill aimed at implementing further aspects of the government’s Budget 2018. The Bill introduces a new Pay Equity Act and contains provisions amending the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”). The Standing Committee on Finance adopted some amendments to the proposed Pay Equity Act and other provisions of the Bill, while the Code provisions remained unchanged. The amendments were accepted on November 27, 2018 at the Report stage, and the Bill is currently awaiting Third Reading in the House of Commons.

Emond Harnden LLP, takes a deeper look at the Bill’s changes to the Canada Labour Code, which provide employees with greater protections that are more in line with provincial employment standards legislation in 29 November 2018 edition of Focus Alert.