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Rent Guidelines for 2024
November 23rd, 2023 by SNJ
Rent Guidelines The rent increase guideline is the amount by which landlords can increase the rent of units without applying to the Residential Tenancies Board. The Manitoba Government will increase the rent guideline by 3% starting January 1, 2024. This means that rent cannot be raised more than 3% in the year of 2024 with the exception of an application to the Residential Tenancies Board.… Read More »
Overtime Employment Standards – Construction Industry
November 8th, 2023 by SNJ
Overtime requirements for construction jobs in the Province of Manitoba are governed either by the Employment Standards Code or The Construction Industry Wages Act (CIWA). For construction jobs that fall outside of CIWA, generally, employers must pay their employees overtime if they exceed 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. However, Averaging Agreements and Averaging Permits allow for employees to work over the standard… Read More »
Congratulations Grant Driedger!
September 18th, 2023
Congratulations to Grant Driedger for receiving the designation of King’s Counsel (K.C.) from the Government of Manitoba. This is an honorary title given to lawyers by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council based on recommendations made by the Attorney General, pursuant to The King’s Counsel Act. The Attorney General makes the recommendations after receiving the advice from an advisory council that includes representatives from the judiciary, the… Read More »
Congratulations Taylor A. Antonchuk
July 18th, 2023
Taylor received her Call to the Manitoba Bar on June 15, 2023 after graduating with her Juris Doctor from Robson Hall, Faculty of Law, at the University of Manitoba. She also previously obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Criminal Justice from the University of Winnipeg. While she was in Law School, she served as Co-Chair of the Professional Development Committee and… Read More »
Congratulations Simon A. Reimer
July 12th, 2023
Simon received his Call to the Manitoba Bar on June 15, 2023 after graduating with his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba. In 2017/18, Simon studied German and Politics at the Universitat Greifswald in Germany under a scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. He was also recognized as a Pitblado Scholar and received the Frank Billinkoff Prize for the highest… Read More »
Congratulations Cassandra J. Bueckert
May 29th, 2023
Cassandra received her Call to the Manitoba Bar on May 15, 2023 after graduating with her Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba. While in Law School, she served as the Vice-President of the Environmental Law Group and VP of Communications for the Business Law Group. She also worked as a student intern with the Public Interest Law Centre (Legal Aid… Read More »
