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Droit canadien des régimes de retraite et des avantages sociaux : survol de 2025 et perspectives pour 2026

L'année 2025 a apporté son lot de développements notables dans le domaine du droit des régimes de retraite et...

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Régimes de retraite et avantages sociaux : politiques et jurisprudence récentes

Les initiatives législatives et réglementaires redessinent le paysage des régimes de retraite et des avantages sociaux au Canada.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Pension And Benefits Law: 2025 Year In Review And Emerging 2026 Considerations

There were several notable developments in Canadian pension and benefits law in 2025, many of which will continue to shape plan design, administration and regulatory oversight in 2026 and beyond.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Pensions And Benefits: Recent Policy And Case Law

Legislative and regulatory initiatives are reshaping the landscape for pension plans and employee benefits across Canada. In-house counsel and plan administrators should prepare for significant updates...

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

100 Is The New 65: Why Lifetime Retirement Income Matters

Canada Employment

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Lawyers Financial

Tolley v. The King – When Taxpayer Relief, CPP Limitation Periods, And Procedural Finality Abandon Fairness Without A Remedy

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Federal Budget 2025: Key Employment-Related Changes And Proposals

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Ontario Employment And Pensions Law 2025 Wrap-Up And What To Expect In 2026

Canada Employment

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Mintz

Martin v The King 2024 TCC 153: Canadian Tax Treatment Of Retirement Compensation Arrangements (RCAs) For Non-Resident Professional Athletes – Cross-Border Tax Planning Insights Under Canada-US Tax Treaty

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Un plan pour réussir à réduire les risques liés aux régimes de retraite (Podcast)

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

2025 Year-End Tax Planning Guide

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Crowe MacKay LLP

Vos régimes d'avantages sociaux sont-ils adaptés à l'âge de vos employés?

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Scheme Sessions Vol2. 2025 - Why Should Pension Schemes Care About Nature Related Risk? (Video)

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Are Your Benefits Plans Age Appropriate?

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

EI Sickness Benefits And Long-Term Disability In 2026: How To Avoid Gaps, Offsets, And Denials When You Can't Work

Canada Employment

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Unified LLP

CRA Introduces Software-Specific Controls For EFILE Accounts, A Safety Feature, Starting In 2026

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Canada's Vulnerable Worker Open Work Permit: What's New And Why It Matters

Canada Employment

Moving2Canada

AI Washing: The New Greenwashing — How The SEC's Emerging Technologies Unit Is Rewriting The Compliance Landscape

Canada Technology

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McMillan LLP

Top Five Artificial Intelligence Trends Shaping Canada's Legal Landscape In 2026

Canada Technology

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Torkin Manes LLP

Points clés à retenir du Séminaire annuel 2025 sur les régimes de retraite et les avantages sociaux

Le 15e Séminaire annuel sur les régimes de retraite et les avantages sociaux, qui s'est tenu le 22 octobre 2025...

Canada Employment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Cinq facteurs à considérer pour réduire les risques liés aux régimes de retraite

Les administrateurs de régimes de retraite sont plus que jamais à la recherche de stratégies de réduction des risques pour gérer les différents risques liés aux régimes de retraite à prestations déterminées.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Comprendre la discrimination systémique : un guide pour les enquêtes en milieu de travail

Dans un récent billet, ma collègue Dana J. Campbell-Stevens soulignait la complexité particulière des enquêtes portant sur des allégations de discrimination systémique.

Canada Employment

RT

Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Understanding Systemic Discrimination: A Practical Framework For Workplace Investigations

In a recent blog, my colleague Dana J. Campbell-Stevens highlighted that workplace investigations involving allegations of systemic discrimination...

Canada Employment

RT

Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Key Takeaways From The 2025 Annual Pension & Benefits Seminar

Canada Employment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Federal Budget 2025 Introduces Big Changes: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

WH

Williams HR Law

Five Considerations For Navigating Pension Plan De-Risking

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Retirement Planning For Incorporated Lawyers: Controlling What Comes Next

Canada Employment

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Lawyers Financial

Beyond 24 Months: Alberta Court Expands "Reasonable Notice" — What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

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Scott Venturo Rudakoff LLP

Privilege Under Pressure: Managing Legal Risk In Internal Investigations

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Retirement Offers: When Are They Binding?

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Contrasting Wrongful Dismissal Awards: Lessons For Employers

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

Old But Still Kicking: A Labour Court Decision On Mandatory Retirement Policies (Viljoen v Peninsula Plumbing And Engineering Works (Pty) Ltd)

Canada Employment

F

Fasken

CCGG's Updated Executive And Director Compensation Guidebook: Highlights For Board And Compensation Committee Members

Canada Employment

TL

Torys LLP

Retirement Offers: When Are They Binding?

In the B.C. Supreme Court case of Pringle v. Ritchie-Smith Feeds Inc., 2025 BCSC 1211, the Court provided clarity on what is required to make a retirement final and binding.

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

Contrasting Wrongful Dismissal Awards: Lessons For Employers

Two recent court decisions illustrate the wide range of possible outcomes in wrongful dismissal claims in Canada.

Canada Employment

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Cassels

Old But Still Kicking: A Labour Court Decision On Mandatory Retirement Policies (Viljoen v Peninsula Plumbing And Engineering Works (Pty) Ltd)

Mr P Viljoen had his 60th birthday coming up in October 2020. On 28 September 2020, a few weeks before his 60th birthday, his employer informed him that he was due to retire...

Canada Employment

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Fasken

CCGG's Updated Executive And Director Compensation Guidebook: Highlights For Board And Compensation Committee Members

The Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) has released its updated Executive and Director Compensation Guidebook (the Guidebook)...

Canada Employment

TL

Torys LLP

The Global Guide Quarterly (Quarter 3, 2025)

Worldwide Employment

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Littler - Canada

Plan For Success: Navigating Pension De-Risking (Podcast)

In this episode of the Blakes Sound Business podcast, Blakes Partners Bonny Murray and Jeff Sommers discuss essential strategies for de-risking registered pension plans.

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Drawing The Line At 65: Why Ontario's Age Cutoff For Long-Term Disability Benefits Survived A Charter Challenge

It's been more than 20 years since Ontario eliminated mandatory retirement in all aspects of employment. However, a grievance by the Ontario Nurses' Association ("ONA")

Canada Employment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Alberta Court Awards Unprecedented Termination Notice Of 26 Months

In the Alberta Court of King's Bench decision of Lischuk v K-Jay Electric Ltd., 2025 ABKB 460, the Court found "exceptional circumstances" that warranted going beyond the usual...

Canada Employment

ML

McMillan LLP

Alberta Employer Ordered To Pay 26 Months' Termination Pay In Exceptional Wrongful Dismissal Case

For the first time in Alberta, a court has awarded more than 24 months' reasonable notice in a wrongful dismissal case. In Lischuk v K-Jay Electric Ltd. ("Lischuk")...

Canada Employment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Concerning An Increase In Termination Notice Period: A New Alberta High-Watermark Has Been Set

Canada Employment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Pensions And Employment Mid-Year Review 2025

Canada Employment

TL

Torys LLP

Retroactive Pension Plan Amendments: How FSRA Is Applying Its Guidance

Canada Employment

TL

Torys LLP

BC Court Awards 30-Year Employee Only Six Months' Notice Due To Intended Retirement

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

Employee's Imminent Retirement Leads To Shortened Notice Period

Canada Employment

WH

Williams HR Law

Alberta Employers Beware: Common Law Reasonable Notice Period Can Extend Beyond 24 Months

Canada Employment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

L'avenir de la gouvernance des régimes de retraite canadiens : nouvelles perspectives juridiques

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Future Of Canadian Pension Governance: Updated Legal Insights

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A Canadian Tax Lawyer's Guide to the Canadian Tax Treatment Of Domestic, Foreign Retirement Compensation Arrangements (RCAs) for High-Income Earners: Lessons from Martin v The King

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Fired Or Retired? Mitigation, Mathematical Mistakes, And Miscommunication In Wrongful Dismissals

Canada Employment

TS

Tierney Stauffer LLP

Family Office Outsourcing

Canada Employment

RS

RSM Canada

BLG obtient la nomination d'un séquestre pour des résidences pour personnes âgées (RPA) en difficulté

Canada Insolvency

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-09 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

British Columbia Financial Services Authority Releases Pension-specific Information Security Guideline

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Dentons Canada LLP

How Are Foreign Pension Plans, Income From Foreign Pension Plans Treated By CRA In Canada? A Canadian Tax Lawyer Gives Inside Scoop

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

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Canadian Tax Traps For Professional Athletes Entering, Leaving, Or Playing In Canada: Tax-Planning Considerations For Cross-Border Professional Athletes

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Case Law Update: Age-Based Distinction In Long-Term Disability Benefit Plan Justified Under Section 1 Of The Charter

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Fix Is In: Federal Budget Proposes Relief For Defined Contribution Pension Plan Under- And Over-Contributions

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

La Correction Est Apportée : Le Budget Fédéral Propose Un Allègement Visant Les Sous-contributions Et Les Cotisations Excédentaires Aux Régimes De Retraite À Cotisations Déterminées

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Les Limites De L'arrêt Matthews : Les Tribunaux De L'Ontario Précisent Les Droits Aux Incitatifs D'un Employé Congédié

Canada Employment

SE

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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Chapter 4: Employees (Video)

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Crowe Soberman LLP

Chapter 2: Retirement Planning

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Crowe Soberman LLP

David Dodge Interview On Retirement Savings – CBC (Video Content)

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Bennett Jones LLP

DC Plan Issues (Presentation)

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Dentons Canada LLP

Pension and Benefits Law: Are You Ready for 2012? - Video

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

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