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By Earl Altman | 4 Minutes Read July 31, 2012

The increasing internationalization of employment has resulted in greater complexity for employers

The increasing internationalization of employment has resulted in greater complexity for employers in determining which country’s laws will apply to the employment relationships they enter. While the general presumption is that the law of the province, territory or state in which the employee works will apply, the appropriate locale is not always easy to determine. The employee may work in a number of jurisdictions, or be hired in one jurisdiction and placed to work in another. In order to avoid the potential pitfalls in such relationships...

Article by Earl Altman / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / circumstances surrounding the execution of the agreement, commercial reality, commercial reasonableness, Confidentiality Agreements, employment contracts, employment law, employment relationship, globalization, intended relationship between the parties, internationalization of employment, restrictive covenants

By Occasional Contributors | 6 Minutes Read July 30, 2012

The legality of unpaid internships in Ontario

We're pleased to present lawyer Andrew Langille of Youth and Work on what the law in Ontario says about unpaid internships. Here, Andrew focuses on the impact of unpaid internships on interns themselves, but organizations and businesses that use or hope to use unpaid interns must pay attention. It is crucial to know whether your intern is legally an intern (and therefore not subject to Ontario's Employment Standards Act), or actually an employee. And the answer might surprise you.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / academic program, Andrew Langille, benefit of the individual, co-op program, David Doorey, displace employees, employment law, employment standards act, Employment Standards Information Centre, Human Rights Legal Support Centre, internships, Law Society of Upper Canada, Lawyers Referral Service, Nav Bhandal, ontario, Ontario Human Rights Code, Ontario Labour Relations Board, Ontario Ministry of Labour, remuneration, Ross Perlin, small claims court, students, trainees, unpaid internships, vocational school, young and new workers

By Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA | 2 Minutes Read July 30, 2012

Regulating access to the Internet

While the Internet can increase employee productivity, the potential for employee misuse can create a significant downside. The downside may manifest itself as a decrease in employee productivity when there is excessive personal use of the Internet on company time, using company resources. There must also be consideration for controls on inappropriate employee behaviour such as...

Article by Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA / Privacy / bandwidth, confidential business information, copyrighted materials, Employee behaviour, employee conduct, inappropriate behaviour, internet use, Internet use policy, IT compliance, misuse of the internet, policies and procedures, pornography

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