Canada

New and Updated

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  International

  Canada: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated to include information on restrictions to non-competition agreements for federally regulated businesses and a right to unpaid leave for serious illness or injury in British Columbia. 

• Type:

  International

  Global minimum wage rates comparative table

  Updated to reflect the change to the minimum wage rate in Guernsey, and changes to provincial/territorial rates in Canada, prefecture rates in Japan and cantonal rates in Switzerland. 

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  International

  Canada: Pay and benefits

  Updated to reflect changes to the minimum wages rates in Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan, effective from 1 October 2025. 

• Type:

  International

  Canada: Employee rights

  Updated to include additional information on holiday pay in Ontario. 

• Type:

  International

  Canada: Health and safety

  Updated to include information on workplace harassment policies in Nova Scotia. 

• Type:

  International

  Global gender pay gap audits comparative table

  Updated to include information on the Single Report and statistical analysis of pay data in Portugal. 

• Type:

  International

  Global retirement and pensionable age comparative table

  Enhanced to include new information on the retirement or pensionable age in Denmark, Indonesia and Portugal. 

• Type:

  International

  Global annual leave (holidays) and pay comparative table

  This table sets out the basic statutory entitlement for annual leave (holidays) and pay for 45 countries.

• Type:

  International

  Canada: Recruitment and selection

  Updated to reflect changes to rules on job postings in British Columbia, effective from 1 July 2025. 

• Type:

  International

  Canada: Contracts of employment

  Updated to include new rules on written employment information in Ontario, effective from 1 July 2025.