Disability benefits
July 26, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Privacy and Security, Union Relations,
Employer properly withheld documents in access to information request Alberta’s privacy commissioner confirmed that an employer properly withheld certain information from an employee because the personal information of a… Ontario Court of Appeal upholds nearly $200,000 in damages for loss of disability benefits during common law notice period Reasonable notice under the common [...]
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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…
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December 22, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
An earlier First Reference Talks blog post dealt with CPP contribution changes effective January 2012. This post will deal with changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits and the Post-Retirement Benefit your employees need to know.
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December 1, 2011 Stuart Rudner Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
As more employees spend time on leaves of absence, employers seem to be struggling to understand their rights and obligations…
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June 29, 2011 Christina Catenacci Human Resources, Privacy and Security
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta has determined that an employer violated the Personal Information Protection Act and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act when it disclosed more information than necessary to determine the employee’s eligibility for disability benefits, and that the group insurance provider used the information without consent.
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April 7, 2011 Stuart Rudner Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
Employers that dismiss employees without cause, and without ensuring that they take steps to preclude all potential claims, can face significant liability beyond the “typical” wrongful dismissal damages. The recent decision of Mr. Justice Echlin of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Brito v. Canac Kitchens is an example of the type of situation employer’s dread. In that case…
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February 9, 2011 Earl Altman Human Resources, Human Rights
Dealing with disabled employees can be a vexing issue for most employers. A number of questions arise when an employee takes time off either temporarily or permanently due to a disability, whether physical or mental. These issues include:
Disability, Disability benefits, disability insurance, disabled employees, duty to accommodate, employment contract, employment law, reasonable notice, Supreme Court of Canada, terminations, wrongful dismissal, wrongful dismissal damages
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