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Can customers be encouraged to read privacy policies?

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

When was the last time you read a privacy policy? I use dozens of online services—email, social networking, data storage, banking, photos, shopping, etc.—and I’ve only skimmed a couple. What does this mean for the companies that offer these services? Can they reasonably say that they have informed their users of the content of their policies, if most users simply click “Okay” without bothering to read the things?

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Tags: cloud computing, compliance, data storage, email, mobile devices, mobile technology, mobile users, New York Times, online banking, online services, online shopping, plain language, privacy policy, privacy tools, social media, social networking
Posted in Internal Controls, IT, Privacy and Security | Make a Comment »

Landmark decision gives insight into workplace harassment and employer reprisal

Friday, October 21st, 2011

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has provided what some believe to be the most significant legal interpretation yet of workplace harassment and employer reprisal in the context of the recently enacted Bill 168 amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). The case, Conforti v. Investia Financial Services Inc., 2011, was decided on September 23, 2011.

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Tags: Bill 168, compliance, discipline, employment law, harassing email, occupational health and safety act, OHSA, ontario, reprisal, right to refuse work, risk assessment, termination, termination for cause, termination for harassment complaint, vexatious comment or conduct, whistleblowing, workplace harassment, workplace harassment investigation, workplace violence
Posted in Employee Relations, Finance and Accounting, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Internal Controls | Make a Comment »

Canadian charity law checklist features compliance issues

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Charity and non-profit lawyer Mark Blumberg offers a compliance checklist for Canadian charities via the GlobalPhilanthropy.ca charity assistance project.

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Tags: charity, compliance, disbursement quota, donation receipts, ensuring correct information, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, fundraising, GlobalPhilanthropy.ca, Information Technology PolicyPro, ITPP, maintaining legal status, Mark Blumberg, non-charitable activities, non-qualified donees, not-for-profit governance, not-for-profit policypro, NPPP, registered charity, religious school tuition, risk management, T3010, tax shelters
Posted in Employment Standards, Finance and Accounting, Human Resources, Internal Controls, Not-for-Profit | Make a Comment »

Do you report your EFTs to FINTRAC?

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Chances are you’re no stranger to electronic funds transfers. Broadly speaking, an EFT can mean any type of standard non-paper payment, including debit and credit card payments, email or wire money transfers (both domestic and international) and direct payroll deposits. Most organizations handle at least some of these transactions every day. The key question for businesses is: How do you keep track of these electronic transfers and, if necessary, register them with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada?

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Tags: compliance, credit card, debit card, direct deposit, EFT, electronic funds transfers, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, FINTRAC, money laundering, money transfers, Reporting, security threats, terrorist activity financing
Posted in Finance and Accounting, Internal Controls, IT, Privacy and Security, Not-for-Profit | Make a Comment »

Accountants call for national entrepreneurship strategy

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Canadians are pretty good at creating businesses that last, according to a new study by the Chartered General Accountants’ Association of Canada. Around 85 percent of new Canadian businesses survive for a year, 62 percent make it at least three years and 51 percent are still going after five years. The Business Development Bank of Canada puts this last number above 66 percent.

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Tags: BDC, bureaucracy, Business Development Bank of Canada, CGA-Canada, Chartered General Accountants’ Association of Canada, compliance, education, entrepreneurs, income tax, Industry Canada, innovation, national entrepreneurship strategy, productivity, red tape, regulatory compliance, skilled labour, small and medium enterprises, small business, small business financing, SMEs, tax, tax compliance, training
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Change to policy on cryptographic item export permits

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Do you deal in the export or transfer of information security goods, software and technology to countries other than the United States? If you do, you should know that the Export Controls Division of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has released new guidelines on its policy for issuing permits for these activities.

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Tags: application review, compliance, cryptographic items, cryptography, export, export permits, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, information security, multi-destination permits
Posted in Internal Controls, IT, Privacy and Security | Make a Comment »

Employment standards update – Learn the latest

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Historically, Ontario’s employment standards laws have been reviewed and updated frequently to address changes in the workplace. As expected, the provincial government has adopted various changes to employment standards in the last year or so. Understanding and following the Employment Standards Act requires that those affected by changes make the time to read about them and ask questions if something is unclear. In addition, it is your responsibility…

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Tags: Audits, canadian employment law, compliance, early resolution of disputes, employment law, Employment Standards Claim, employment standards claim process, employment standards laws, Employment Standards Officer, Employment Standards Update, ESA, hours of work, Ministry of Labour, Ontario Employment Law Conference, Ontario Labour Relations Board, Ontario workplace, Open for Business Act, overtime, Statutory leaves, Stringer Brisbin Humphrey, temporary agency, temporary agency worker, workplace investigations
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A few words about tax risk

Monday, February 28th, 2011

I have the privilege of offering our readers information on a diverse range of important topics that few people really want to talk about, like tax risk.

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Tags: aggressive tax planning, compliance, compliance risk, documentation, documentation risk, FAPP, finance, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, income tax, international subsidiaries, legal requirements, managing risk, operational risk, reporting obligations, reporting risk, reputation, reputational risk, risk, tax controls, tax evasion, tax risk
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Another look at governance disclosure

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Despite the rosy picture the CSA paints, I’m not surprised that many organizations are falling short of their governance disclosure obligations. With respect to National Instrument 58-101 – Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices, the CSA found “unacceptable” shortcomings in 55 percent of reviewed organizations’ disclosures, compared to 36 percent in 2007. In this instance, reporting is getting much worse, not better.

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Tags: board of directors, Canadian Securities Administrators, code of business conduct, compliance, CSA, directors, disclosure, governance, governance disclosure, issuers, Reporting
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Employer branding: a hot topic?

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

I recently read an interesting blog post on Brand For Talent. The author, Libby Sartain, says that organizations across the globe are struggling with their reputations as employers. Those employers need to engage their workers as fans, while reaching out for new workers as the economy begins its turnaround. She also asks: is there a difference between corporate branding and employer branding? Well, according to Sartain, there is. While companies such as Apple and Nike are able to rely on the power and strength of their corporate brand to attract talent, this is not the case for companies with less powerful brands.

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Tags: 50 best employers in canada, best diversity employers, brand for talent, communicating, communication, compliance, Corporate branding, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, employee engagement, employee retention, Employer brand, Employer branding, employer of choice, employment law, great place to work, human capital, Human Resources, Internal Controls, productivity, recruiting, recruitment, Top 100 employers, worker engagement
Posted in Human Resources, Internal Controls | Make a Comment »

Environmental sensitivities: have they affected your workplace?

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Imagine this: a customer enters your office or store and very quickly suffers an attack of some sort, causing her to break out in hives and have difficulty breathing. Employees remove her from the store, but she’s in such a state that she has to go to the hospital. You later discover that the customer suffers from environmental sensitivities, and unfortunately she had her first major attack at your workplace. Oh, and she claims she can no longer work because of the episode, so she’s suing you for damages and lost wages.

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Tags: accommodation, chemical sensitivities, compliance, Disability, environmental illness, environmental sensitivities, human rights, multiple chemical sensitivity, occupational health and safety, personal injury, policies and procedures
Posted in Health and Safety, Human Resources | 3 Comments »

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Posts Tagged ‘compliance’

Can customers be encouraged to read privacy policies?

Landmark decision gives insight into workplace harassment and employer reprisal

Canadian charity law checklist features compliance issues

Do you report your EFTs to FINTRAC?

Accountants call for national entrepreneurship strategy

Change to policy on cryptographic item export permits

Employment standards update – Learn the latest

A few words about tax risk

Another look at governance disclosure

Employer branding: a hot topic?

Environmental sensitivities: have they affected your workplace?

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