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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. Workplace strategies: Risk of impairment from cannabis The legalization of cannabis is expected to impact the workplace. Therefore, the Canadian...
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Update: Ontario Liberals announce changes to labour law—and a $15 minimum wage
Premier Kathleen Wynne announced which recommendations of the Final Report of the Changing Workplace Review she would like to see implemented, including a $15 minimum wage (see our summary of the Final...
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Secret recordings in the workplace: a review of legal and practical consequences
A common question employment lawyers are asked (by both employees and employers) is whether it is legal to make secret recordings while at work. A variety of circumstances may provide the motive for...
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Municipal Integrity Commissioners and Workplace Investigators: Who does what...
Bill 68, the Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act, 2017, received Royal Assent on May 30, 2017. One of the biggest changes introduced by the Bill is the requirement that all municipalities...
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Divisional Court confirms Human Rights Code provides statutory authority to...
Back in December 2015, I wrote a blog post on a recent Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision in Bottiglia v. Ottawa Catholic School Board. The case concerned the ability of an employer to demand an...
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IRCC announces details of global skills strategy
Introduction On June 12, 2017, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced details of its Global Skills Strategy. First announced in November 2016, the Global Skills Strategy is...
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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. Employee’s decision to retrain affected his right to damages after termination The Ontario Superior Court of Justice had to recently address...
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7 ways to decrease negativity in a working environment
Workplace negativity is an increasing problem in today’s society. Some say that this negativity is a result of the loss of control, confidence, or community of a workplace. The best way to combat...
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Le cannabis en milieu de travail
Le 13 avril dernier, le projet de loi C-45 – soit la Loi concernant le cannabis et modifiant la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances, le Code criminel et d’autres lois ou la Loi sur...
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Cannabis in the workplace
On April 13, Bill C-45 – An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts, also known as the Cannabis Act – was introduced and read in...
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Employers: Be careful of what you say about former employees to their new...
Be careful of what you say about former employees to their new employers, warns Toronto employment lawyer, Jeff Dutton. If a former employer suggests to another employer to terminate a certain...
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E.T. v. Dress Code Express Inc., the “Code” as applied to minors
The Ontario Human Rights Code is extensive in its efforts to protect persons within Ontario, and may apply to minors in the workforce. Background In the recent case, E.T. v. Dress Code Express Inc.,...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. New type of damage awarded against employer after workplace harassment proven In the following case, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice had to...
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Government of Canada amends the Citizenship Act
On June 19, 2017, Bill C-6, which proposed numerous amendments to the Canadian Citizenship Act, (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29), received Royal Assent. Bill C-6 attempts to reverse many of the changes...
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Summarizing WSIB’s proposed Rate Framework, part 2
This week, Clear Path Employer Services provides us with Part 2 of their 3-part series, Summarizing WSIB’s proposed Rate Framework. Part two – Class level premium rate settings This blog is part two of...
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$85,000.00 human rights award against employer in sexual harassment case...
In a recent case titled Doyle v. Zochem Inc., the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a decision to award both moral damages and damages pursuant to the Human Rights Code (Code) without subtracting one from...
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Major issues with minor provisions – Child leaves
Bill 148’s proposed changes to leave entitlements in Ontario, though a step in the right direction, still don’t address the flaw for child leaves that only apply to children under 18 years old....
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Privacy Commissioner provides some tips for businesses regarding passwords
The Privacy Commissioner Canada has recently released some tips for mitigating risk to businesses involving passwords. One main problem is that individuals use the same password for multiple accounts –...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. Don’t reuse passwords, Privacy Commissioner warns The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is urging businesses to require employees...
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Talking damages: Put your money where your mouth is
That is an old expression suggesting that if something is truly important to you, then you will attach monetary consequences to it. Which is why it is interesting that in Canada, damages that are...
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