Slaw: The boundaries’ of the N-word in employment
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Can an employer fire a white employee for using the n-word if it lets black employees say it?
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Clinging to past knowledge can be costly
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Twice in the last month while conducting training sessions, I have had a workshop participant insist that their workers could NOT file a claim directly with the HRTO because the workers are members of a union. The workers must, they have insisted, file a grievance and settle their human rights claim via the labour relations process. A review of the law reveals the above is simply NOT the case.
Read the rest of this post »Halloween and workplace human rights
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
The current movie, “The Dilemma” has caused quite a controversy lately because the character portrayed by actor Vince Vaughan says, “Electric cars are gay.”
Read the rest of this post »Unspoken and unaddressed harassment claims leads to workplace violence
Friday, August 13th, 2010
I recently read in the news a classic case of unaddressed harassment claims that led to the worst form of workplace violence. This case may stem from the US but all the same principles and warnings apply in Canada as well. The case involves the death of nine people (including the suspected gunman) on Tuesday August 3, 2010, in a shooting rampage at a beer distributor in Connecticut.
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