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Protecting employees from social media harassment

February 1, 2017 Devry Smith Frank LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Union Relations

It is well known that employees have certain legal obligations to their employer with respect to the content of their social media profiles. An arbitrator recently confirmed that employers also need to be careful about the content of their social media pages as it relates to their employees.

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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

August 18, 2016 Cristina Lavecchia Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Recruiting and Hiring, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: projected salary increases for Canadian employers; an employer’s responsibility regarding protection of its workers from harassment and discrimination online; a denied request for accommodation by a Rastafarian man who claimed that female-only support workers were required by his creed.

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