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By Marcia Scheffler | 3 Minutes Read April 24, 2012

Hockey players and workplace health and safety

Hockey players get paid to be hit. The reverse is also true; many hockey players are paid to hit. For hockey players, violence is part of the job. This job has clearly been taken up a notch this year for the playoffs. Even Sid “the Kid” was renamed “Vicious Sid” in a recent headline.

Article by Marcia Scheffler / Health and Safety / employee discipline, employment law, enforcement, fines, hazard controls, hockey violence, internal responsibility system, minimize the risk of violence, personal protective equipment, safe workplace, unsafe behaviour, violence prevention, workplace violence, young workers

By Suzanne Cohen Share | 3 Minutes Read April 23, 2012

We are not SHOUTING or SCREAMING! Font sizes and accessibility

Recently I sent an email in a medium-large font to someone who thought I was shouting. The reply I received was disturbing. The person was offended and read the information as if I was angry...

Article by Suzanne Cohen Share / Accessibility Standards / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, Accessibility standards, accessible communication, AODA, clear print accessibility guidelines, communication, email etiquette, email formatting, employment law, font size, vision disability

By David Hyde | 9 Minutes Read April 20, 2012

Video surveillance and the workplace – Part 2

A mixture of incognizance and apathy often prevails in the private sector when it comes to understanding and applying legal privacy considerations in the installation and use of video cameras...

Article by David Hyde / Privacy / access to information, Alberta, British Columbia, collection of personal information, data storage, employment law, invasion of privacy, need for video surveillance, ontario, OPC, Personal Information Protection Act, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPA, PIPEDA, Privacy Commissioner, privacy controls, Privacy in the workplace, privacy law, Private sector, private sector privacy legislation, scope creep, security override, surveillance notification, video, video cameras, video surveillance, video surveillance policy

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