March, 2012
March 30, 2012 Alan McEwen Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation
The day after the federal budget, it might be useful to share some thoughts about researching this budget, as well as related provincial budgets, for changes that might affect payroll source deduction and reporting.
2012 federal budget, budget research, Department of Finance, federal budget, Notices of ways and means motions, payroll source deductions, provincial budget, T4127
March 29, 2012 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources
Manitoba’s Court of Queen’s Bench recently confirmed that a termination for cause was inappropriate, given that it was not proportional to the employee’s conduct. As a result, the employer had to pay 12 months’ severance as set out in the employment agreement regarding a termination without cause.
altercation, anger management, angry employee, conduct and behaviour, Disciplinary measures, discipline, employee conduct, employment contract, employment law, manitoba, progressive discipline policy, proportionality, reasonable discipline, Sanctions, severance, severity of an employee’s misconduct, suspension, terminate, termination for cause, termination notice, workplace investigation, wrongful dismissal
March 28, 2012 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development
What is it about the Apple Store that’s just so great? Is it the super chic product line? The fact that you can tinker with just about anything in there? The super modern layout and design? All of those things are neat, sure, but I’d argue there’s something more—something you may not have paid as much attention to…
Apple, Apple Store, business partners, company culture, customer service, employee retention, employee roles, engagement, leadership, meaningful work, opportunity, organizational development, strategic alignment, strategic HR
March 27, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights
On March 26, 2012, the Ontario Court of Appeal acknowledged that, “prostitution is a controversial topic, one that provokes heated and heartfelt debate about morality, equality, personal autonomy and public safety,” and overturned two of the three sections of the Criminal Code‘s prostitution law on the grounds that they are unconstitutional.
brothels, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, circumstances of exploitation, common bawdy house, criminal code, decriminalizing the oldest profession, employment law, Freedom of expression, health and safety risks, law, living off of the avails of “the prostitution of another person”, performing sex for money, prostitution, Public safety, sex trade, sex work, sex-trade workers, solicitation
March 27, 2012 Andrew Lawson Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights, Standard for Employment
Is the flu, etc., covered by human rights law and other Canadian legislation like Ontario’s Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act?
absenteeim, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, AODA, attendance, colds, colds and flu in the workplace, disabilities, Disability, employment law, flu, is the flu a disability, minor illness, Ontario Human Rights Code, person with disabilities, seasonal sickness, sickness
March 26, 2012 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development
You might have heard or read something in the past few months about internships—their status with respect to employment standards and whether it’s even legal to employ such workers without paying them. It’s no small issue. Many organizations rely on unpaid interns to do work for which they can’t afford to hire an employee proper…
employment law, employment relationship, intern or employee?, interns, internships, job experience, Ontario Ministry of Labour, trainee, unpaid interns, Work experience
March 26, 2012 Andrew Taillon Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources
A regular issue for employers is whether the provisions in their employee handbook are enforceable in the same manner as an employment contract. Many employers are surprised to find that they are not…
consideration, employee handbook, employment contracts, employment law, enforceable, invalid contract, Job abandonment, layoff, McLean vs. The Raywal Limited Partnership, policy manual, promotion, sufficiency on consideration, termination, terminations, wrongfully dismissed
March 23, 2012 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights, Union Relations
The Air Canada pre-emptive back-to-work legislation saga continues. Now the pilots have challenged the pre-emptive back-to-work legislation in court arguing that it prevents strikes or lockouts, forces the pilots to keep flying, and coerces the pilots to accept a contract imposed by arbitration in a process that is completely skewed given it was designed to favour the airline’s position…
Air Canada, back-to-work legislation, Canadian Aviation Regulations, Charter, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Collective Bargaining, employment law, final selection arbitration, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, lockouts, not fit to fly, pilots, prevents collective bargaining, prevents freedom to associate, prevents lockouts, prevents strikes, stress, strikes
March 22, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting
On March 21, 2012, Quebec became the first province to set up a detailed framework of provincial rules that will apply for PRPPs.
cpp, employee contribution rate, employment law, pension, pension plan, pensions, PRPPs, QPP, retirement, VRSPs
March 22, 2012 Earl Altman Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
Most employers are familiar with the potential legal exposure to damages that arises from dismissing an employee without cause. The damages are normally quantified by the value of compensation the dismissed employee would have received during the agreed-upon or court-ordered period of reasonable notice. However, most employers would not contemplate the possibility of having to pay the dismissed employee the value of disability benefits he or she would have received under a disability insurance policy until age 65…
Brito et al. v. Canac Kitchens, cancer of the larynx, Disability benefits, Echlin, employment standards act, long-serving, Long-term disability, LTD, mitigation, severance, short-term disability, statutory minimum, termination, termination notice, termination pay, termination without cause, totally disabled, wrongful dismissal
March 21, 2012 Marcia Scheffler Employment/Labour Standards, HRMS, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Union Relations
As a Human Resources Generalist or as a manager or department supervisor, this is the time of year that the memo goes around the office: ALL EMPLOYEES PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR VACATION REQUESTS. How you set up your procedures and policies is key to a smooth and organized vacation schedule that balances your employees’ vacation requests and your organizational demands.
employee handbook, employment law, HRIS, human resources management system, Labour Law, organizational demands, policies and procedures, scheduling vacation, vacation, vacation entitlement, vacation policy, vacation requests
March 20, 2012 Adam Gorley Announcements, Human Resources, Payroll
We are happy to welcome Marcia Scheffler to our roster of regular bloggers at First Reference Talks.
best practices, business strategy, change management, corporate social responsibility, CSR, HR issues, Marcia Scheffler, organizational development
March 20, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring
Recruiters and employers use social media to screen job applicants on a daily basis. Employers are Googling, Facebooking and checking tweets, walls, status updates and photos of prospective employees, including Linkedln accounts, as a first step in recruiting.
From this new employment practice the concept of the social interview was born.
background checks, Employment background checks, employment law, facebook, HR Apps, job candidate, Labour Law, References, selection process, Social interview, social media, social networking
March 19, 2012 Adam Gorley Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) is proposing a risk-based system of regulating pension plans. Essentially, this means improving risk assessment and monitoring, following five principles…
compliance, Financial Services Commission of Ontario, FSCO, pension reform, pension regulation, pensions, regulatory response, risk impact, risk management, risk-based, Risk-Based Regulation Framework
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