Legal bulletins
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The 2011 federal election: Time allowed to employees for voting |
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The upcoming federal election is on Monday, May 2. As an employer, what are your obligations towards your employees in order to allow them to perform their civic duty and vote?
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A major reform of corporate law: Quebec’s new Business Corporations Act |
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A date to remember
On February 14, 2010, Quebec’s Business Corporations Act (the “QBCA”) and the Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises (the “LPE”) come into effect.
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Access to information: Microsoft forced to show its hand |
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As a general rule, the price structure of a service, the breakdown of costs, the unit costs and product quantities cannot be disclosed pursuant to an access-to-information request. However, in a recent decision, the Commission d’accès à l’information, Quebec’s access-to-information commission, made an important clarification regarding the confidentiality of such information by allowing Savoir Faire Linux to have access to a strategic and material portion of a contract between Microsoft and the Centre de services partagés du Québec (CSPQ), a provincial government entity that facilitates the procurement of services by public entities.
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Open-source Software: A shot across the bow of a quasi-monopoly |
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On June 3, 2010, Justice Denis Jacques of the Quebec Superior Court rendered an important decision in the matter of Savoir-Faire Linux Inc. v. Régie des rentes du Québec1. Although the Régie des rentes is subject to its own unique legal framework, the decision is significant for all those involved in the supply of goods and services.
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Christmas parties: the obligations of employers and employees |
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An employee, having had one drink too many, harasses one of his or her co-workers. Another employee, an enthusiastic dancer, slips and hits his/her head on the corner of a table, resulting in a concussion. Two other employees, who don’t particularly care for each other, come to blows.
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What exactly is “industrial production”? |
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In Québec, the Act respecting Municipal Taxation (the « Act ») provides that the machines, apparatus and their accessories used or intended to be used for purposes of industrial production or for purposes of pollution control that may result from industrial production are not to be entered on the assessment roll: thus, are not subject to municipal and school real estate taxes. The same principle applies to the mechanical and electrical systems when they are mainly used or intended to be used for the purposes of industrial production.
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