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Most-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk

March 7, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, Privacy and Security, Union Relations, 0

The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with whether an employer had the right to terminate an employee’s employment without notice , how a government employee alleged discrimination on the basis of disability and the Ontario Labour Relations Board’s decision permitting the use of telematic devices to monitor company vehicles.

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A very expensive case of bad-faith termination and sick pay fraud

April 30, 2010 Christina Catenacci Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

I recently read an interesting case about sick pay fraud and bad-faith termination. After reading the employer’s version of what happened, I was pretty convinced…