Tag: successor employer

Ask the Expert: FMLA’s Successor Employer Rules

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Aug 18, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Aug 18, 2016

I have a question regarding FMLA’s successor employer rules. If we are a successor employer under FMLA and need to provide the same benefits that the employee had with the previous employer, how do we handle the waiting period for benefits under our plan? Can we have a 30-60 period with no benefits if the […]

Business Transactions Won’t Eliminate Union Bargaining Rights in Canada

By Northern Exposure Jun 10, 2008 Northern Exposure

Updated: Jun 10, 2008

by Daniel Pugen McCarthy Tetrault Labor laws in Canada provide that the purchaser of a business will generally “take over” any collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) between a union and the vendor. The purchaser becomes the “successor employer” and becomes bound by the vendor’s existing CBAs. In this situation, the union continues to represent unionized employees […]