November, 2010
November 2, 2010 Earl Altman Human Resources, Human Rights
Dealing with chronically ill employees is always a challenge for HR managers. They are often faced with the conflicting requirements of fairness to the employee and maintaining the employer’s ability to get work done.
accommodation, canadian employment law, Dealing with chronically ill employees, Disability, discrimination, duty to accommodate, Employees with illness, employment law, human rights tribunal, limitation of undue hardship, undue hardship
November 1, 2010 Adam Gorley Health and Safety, Human Resources
Manitoba recently informed employers that it would be updating its Workplace, Safety and Health Regulation to include specific protection against psychological harassment. The regulation already protects workers from workplace violence and harassment, but this update is intended to address “intimidation, bullying and humiliation” and other similar behaviours at work, from which workers previously had no explicit protection.
bullying, canadian employment law, employment law, harassment, humiliation, intimidation, manitoba, policies and procedures, psychological harassment, workplace harassment, workplace harassment and violence policies and program, Workplace Safety and Health Regulation, workplace violence
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