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February 5, 2013 Marcia Scheffler Health and Safety, Human Resources, Training and Development,
As of April 1, 2012, the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) officially took over the prevention mandate from WSIB. How has this been impacting employers in 2013 and what real effects are organizations seeing? If you have any comments about this, I’d love to hear.
employment law, health and safety and prevention strategy, health and safety association, Health and Safety Programs, Ministry of Labour, occupational health and safety act, OH&S, OHSA, training, Workwell Audits, wsib
October 25, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation,
The three most popular HRinfodesk articles this week deal with two cases of just cause for termination, and a case where an employee should have been paid for time training.
Absenteeism, Canada labour Code, employment law, employment relationship, employment standards act, just cause, Labour Law, request for medical information, termination, training, unpaid wages, vacation pay
June 29, 2012 David Hyde Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Privacy and Security,
The Conservative government is poised to enact the first substantive expansion of citizen’s arrest laws in Canada since 1955. The catalyst for the Bill C-26 amendment to the citizen’s arrest section of the Criminal Code of Canada was the 2010 case of Toronto grocer David Chen who faced criminal assault charges after performing a citizen’s arrest of a habitual thief he had seen stealing from his store earlier in the day.
Bill C-26, citizen's arrest, citizen's arrest by employees, criminal code, criminal offence, David Chen, Employer liability, employment law, non-security employees, Pope v. Route 66 Clothing Inc., private security, R v. Chen et. al., reasonable time, risk management, Section 494, The Citizen’s Arrest and Self-defence Act, training, vicarious liability, video surveillance, violence, workplace hazard, workplace theft or assault, workplace violence
April 9, 2012 Matt Lalande Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Payroll, Wages and Compensation
We know that there is no precise method to determine the common-law period of reasonable notice when terminating employees. What has evolved and has been the most quoted case to help with this is the infamous Bardal vs. Globe and Mail. This case tells us that reasonable notice must be decided with reference to each specific case, considering the character of employment, length of service of the servant, the age of the servant and the availability of similar employment, having regard to the experience, training and qualifications of the servant.
age, availability of similar employment, Bardal, Bardal Factors, Bardal vs. The Globe & Mail, BFOR, bona fide occupational requirement, common-law entitlements, employment contract, employment law, employment standards act, experience, Law vs. Canada, Moran vs. Atlantic Co-operative Publishers, notice period, Peacock vs. Western Securities Ltd., qualifications, retirement age, termination, Termination clause, termination notice, training
March 9, 2012 Christina Catenacci Health and Safety, Human Resources
A while back, I wrote about how mandatory training in ergonomics would be an effective way of preventing workplace injuries (musculoskeletal injuries/disorders and repetitive strain injuries), reducing absenteeism, increasing productivity and improving morale in the workplace. Have my opinions changed?
assess risks, decrease absences, decrease employee pain and suffering, decrease injuries, eliminate or reduce risks, employment law, ergonomics, identify risks, increase morale, increase productivity, lost time injuries, Ministry of Labour, MSD, musculoskeletal disorders, musculoskeletal injuries, occupational health and safety act, Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, repetitive strain injuries, RSI, training, wsib
February 24, 2012 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights
I have read several articles in the last week regarding Apple Inc.’s manufacturing in China, through the company Foxconn. Perhaps it is time for us to take a step back and really understand what is going on here, and how this affects us in Canada.
Apple, audit, better working conditions, China, discrimination, employment law, excessive hours of work, Fair Labour Association, forced labour, Foxconn, globalization, harassment, illegal compensation, investigation, Labour Law, n-hexane, supply chain, training, workers poisoned, working conditions in the factory, workplace code of conduct
November 22, 2011 Andrew Lawson Human Resources, Human Rights, Training and Development
Do your managers and front line workers have accurate facts about human rights issues? A number of conversations I have had with workers lately inform me that many people allow their emotions to overwhelm the facts. The misunderstandings that flow from this emotional response can lead to costly violations of the law for your organization.
belief system, costly violations of the law, discrimination, Education Act, emotional responses, employment law, front line workers, harassment prevention policy, individual beliefs, indoctrinate, Lord’s Prayer, managers, Muslim community, oath of citizenship, ontario, public schools, religion, religion-centered student meetings, religious groups, school boards, training, Varsity Christian Fellowship, workforce, workplace human rights policies
November 8, 2011 Andrew Lawson Human Resources, Human Rights, Union Relations
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.
Barker v. SEIU, discrimination, employment law, grievance, hrto, human rights code, knowledge, labour relations process, ontario, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, racial discrimination, Rysinski v. Aecon Industrial, training
September 30, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Accessibility Standards, Conferences, Human Resources, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Standard for Customer Service
Along with the customer service standard, four out of the five accessibility standards under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act are now law and in place. They are accessibility standards in the areas of Customer Service, Information and Communication, Employment and Transportation. These standards are complex and they require understanding and preparation. Ontarians can no longer ignore them.
accessibility, Accessibility standards, AODA, customer service, education, employment, information and communication, policies, practices, procedures, Seminars, training, transportation
August 5, 2011 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights
What prompts a supervisor or worker to send a co-worker inappropriate text messages? In British Columbia, sexually charged messages in the workplace have led to trouble for employers. What do employers need to know so they can avoid being on the hook for sexual harassment?
anti-discrimination policy, anti-harassment policy, British Columbia, employment law, hostile work environment, human rights tribunal, policies and procedures, policy, sexting, sexual harassment, sexual text messages, terms and conditions of employment, text message, training, workplace free of harassment
July 13, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights
Aggression sometimes occurs in the workplace. That is a fact! And when conflicts are left unresolved, employers have employees resigning or taking tremendous amounts of sick leave to deal with these issues, or the aggression crosses the line into assault or battery, or you receive a human rights or occupational health and safety complaint.
aggression, bullying, discrimination, employment law, gender, harassment, harassment free workplace, hostile work environment, Human rights complaint, occupational health and safety complaint, policy and procedures, racial, religious or sexually charged discrimination, training, workplace
June 22, 2011 Suzanne Cohen Share Accessibility Standards, Standard for Customer Service
In Ontario there is a regulation called the Accessibility Standard for Customer Service. One of the requirements of this regulation is that persons with disabilities are allowed to enter your organization’s public premises with a service animal. A person should be able to remain with the animal unless otherwise excluded by law. If the animal is…
accessibility, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accessibility standard for customer service, AODA, Business, Disability, employment law, goods or services, health and safety reasons, no-pets policy, ontario, people with disabilities, Service animals, trained animals, training
June 16, 2011 Henry J. Chang Corporate Immigration, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring
The Ontario Bar Association Citizenship and Immigration Section recently met with representatives of Opportunities Ontario, the province’s Provincial Nominee Program (“PNP”). During this meeting, they provided insight into the level of recruitment activities that would be expected from an employer who files a PNP application on behalf of a prospective employee.
Canadian citizens, Citizenship and Immigration, employment and training opportunities, foreign national, Foreign workers, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Labour Market Opinion, NAFTA, Ontario Bar Association, Opportunities Ontario, provincial nominee program, recruitment, Skilled Workers, training
June 8, 2011 Christina Catenacci Accessibility Standards, Conferences, Human Resources, Human Rights, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Standard for Customer Service
Employers in Ontario must be aware of the changes that are happening and the requirements that will be placed on them in the very near future under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act …
12th Annual Ontario Employment Law Conference, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Accessibility standards, AODA, barriers, built environment, customer service, Disability, employment, employment law, human rights code, information and communication, ontario, Ontario accessible for persons with disabilities, policy, practices, procedures, training, transportation
May 25, 2011 Suzanne Cohen Share Accessibility Standards, Standard for Customer Service
The Accessibility Standard for Customer Service Regulation obligates Ontario businesses and their employees to communicate with persons with disabilities in a manner that takes into account the person’s disability. Employers must train employees to interact and communicate with people that have various types of disabilities…
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Accessibility Standard for Customer Service Regulation, AODA, appropriate terminology, customer service standard, Disability, discrimination, disease, disorder, dysfunctional, employment law, malicious intent, medical model of disability, medical terminology, mental disability, method of communication, negative stereotypes, people with disabilities, person with a disability, social model of disability, stigmas, training, traumatic incident, words to perpetuate negative stereotypes
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