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2011 CLawBies announced ― First Reference Talks is proud to be one of the finalists!

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

The 2011 CLawBie Awards have been announced. First Reference Talks is proud to be the runner up in the Fodden Award for Best Canadian Law Blog category in 2011!

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Tags: Awards, blog, Blogging, blogs, Clawbies, employment law, Fodden Award for Best Canadian Law Blog, social media
Posted in Accessibility Standards, Announcements, Human Resources, Internal Controls, Payroll | 1 Comment »

It’s time for the Clawbies nominations

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

It’s that time of year when we are asked to recognize the hard work of Canadian bloggers who take to heart all things legal. This year, with so many good new Canadian law blogs out there, the competition for Clawbies will be especially tough . The Clawbies awards recognize the Canadian legal blogosphere’s best and brightest: the interesting, innovative and informative sites that readers rely on for legal news and interpretation.

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Tags: blog awards, Blogging, blogs, Canadian bloggers, Canadian legal blogosphere, Clawbies, employment law
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Anonymous blogger – reveal thyself!

Monday, September 12th, 2011

In a recent decision from the Ontario courts, a judge has ordered an anonymous blogger to reveal his or her identity to the plaintiff, so the plaintiff can sue them for defamation. There is only one catch: how does one go about enforcing such order?

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Tags: anonymous blogger, anonymous online bloggers, bloggers, Blogging, defamation, Internet Service Providers, ISP, off-duty blogging, social media
Posted in Employee Relations, Human Resources, Internal Controls, IT, Privacy and Security | Make a Comment »

Angry bloggers beware! – Your anonymity is not guaranteed… unless you defame a politician

Monday, August 8th, 2011

One year ago, I wrote about the Canadian courts’ trend of ordering Internet service providers or website operators to reveal the identity of anonymous bloggers, when it is alleged that the bloggers had defamed the plaintiff. A recent decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, suggests that, when the plaintiff is a politician, the bloggers may continue to remain anonymous.

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Tags: alleged defamation, anonymity, anonymous bloggers, bloggers, Blogging, constitutional right, defamation, defamatory comments, Freedom of expression, internet defamation, Internet Service Providers, ISP, ISPs, malicious motives, Morris v. Johnson, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Politician, politics, social media, social networking, Town of Aurora, website operators
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Introducing guest blogger Alan R. McEwen

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

It’s a pleasure to welcome Alan R. McEwen as a regular guest blogger. Alan will be blogging on the topics of payroll, compensation and benefits.

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Tags: Alan R. McEwen, Blogger, Blogging, Canadian Payroll, Canadian Payroll Association, EI Commission, employment law, First Reference Talks, payroll audits, Source deductions
Posted in Announcements, Benefits, Compensation, Finance and Accounting, Internal Controls, Payroll | Make a Comment »

Introducing guest blogger Ian J. Cook

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

It’s a pleasure to welcome Ian J. Cook as a regular guest blogger. Ian will be blogging about HR Metrics which are fast becoming Canada’s leading source of HR data and analysis.

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Tags: BC HRMA, Blogging, Guest blogger, HR data, HR Metrics Service, human resources management, Ian J. Cook
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Facebook: Friend or foe?

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Beware all litigants! Anything you post on Facebook may be used against you in a court of law.

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Tags: Blogging, confidentiality, evidence, facebook, investigation, Judicial system, lawsuit, Myspace, personal information, policy and procedures, social media, twitter
Posted in Human Resources, Internal Controls, IT, Privacy and Security, Privacy and Security | Make a Comment »

Using social media in the workplace

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

There has been a recent wave of headlines referencing incidents in which employees have been fired as a result of their online conduct, usually on Facebook or personal blogs. Human resources professionals seem to be struggling to deal with this relatively new issue effectively, and are often at a loss as to how to monitor and respond to employee online behaviour. What is often ignored, however, is how companies, and HR persons in particular, can use social media to their advantage.

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Tags: Blogging, employee online behaviour, employment law, facebook, Human resources professionals, personal blogs, social media, social media in the workplace, use of social media in the context of hiring
Posted in Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring | 2 Comments »

2010 CLawBies announced ― First Reference Talks is one of the finalists!

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

The 2010 CLawBie Awards have been announced. First Reference Talks is one of the finalists!

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Tags: 2010 CLawBie, Awards, blog, Blogging, canadian employment law, employment law, First Reference Talks, HR, social media, The Fodden Award for Best Canadian Law Blog
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Happy holidays and see you in 2011

Friday, December 24th, 2010

We are taking a break from blogging over the holidays…

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Tags: Blogging, Christmas, employment law, holiday greeting, Holidays, HR
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To hyperlink or not to hyperlink – That is the question

Monday, December 13th, 2010

This week, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments on a question that is unique to Canadian law: if you place a hyperlink in your website or blog, and that hyperlink leads to a website that contains defamatory statements about another person, are you liable to that person for defamation?

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Tags: blog, Blogging, British Columiba, defamation, defamation law, defamatory statements, Free speech, Freedom of expression, hyperlink, Law of defamation, liable for defamation, publication, publish something defamatory, social media, Supreme Court of Canada
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Introducing guest blogger Suzanne Cohen Share

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

It’s a pleasure to welcome Suzanne Cohen Share as a regular guest blogger. She will be blogging on several legal matters of concern to small to medium-sized businesses, specifically on the topic of accessibility standards and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

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Tags: Access (SCS) Consulting Services, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, AODA, Blogging, Guest blogger, Suzanne Cohen Share
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Angry bloggers beware! – Your anonymity is not guaranteed

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Is your boss or co-worker getting on your nerves? Are you irritated with your neighbour? Do you feel like venting out by writing some nasty stuff about them on Twitter or on a blog? If you do it anonymously, no harm done, right?

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Tags: anonymity, anonymous bloggers, anonymous comments, bloggers, Blogging, blogs, comments, cyber-libel, cyber-trail, cyberlibel, defamation, defamatory, defamatory comments, defamatory statements, disclosure, facebook, internet defamation, Internet protocol addresses, libellous, online defamation, reputation, social media, social networking, twitter, York University v. Ball Canada Enterprises et al
Posted in Human Resources, Internal Controls, IT, Privacy and Security, Privacy and Security | 2 Comments »

Cyberlibel – Why your interactive website might expose you to liability

Monday, July 12th, 2010

If you operate a website with interactive capabilities, such as a chat room, a blog, or even if you provide your readers with the option of posting their comments on your website, you may be held liable by a Canadian court for defamatory comments posted by anonymous strangers on your website.

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Tags: anonymous commments, blog, blog post, Blogging, Carter v. B.C. Federation of Foster Parents Association, chat room, comments, cyberlibel, cyberspace, defamatory comments, defamatory statements, internet defamation, liability
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