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By Stringer LLP | 3 Minutes Read December 4, 2012

Refreshing statement on employers’ OHS due diligence obligations

As an Ontario employer, it is sometimes hard to shake the impression the standard of OH&S due diligence applied by the courts is so high that defendants are guilty until proven innocent. Our court of appeal has found employers to be “the virtual insurers” of employee health and safety.

Article by Stringer LLP / Health and Safety / Construction Regulations, Due diligence, employee health and safety, employment law, fatal injuries, general duty of employers to take “every precaution reasonable in the circumstances”, guilty until proven innocent, occupational health and safety, occupational health and safety act, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Court of Justice, R. v. Thomas Fuller and Sons Ltd., reasonable precautions, standard of perfection, successfully proven the defence of due diligence, virtual insurers

By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read December 3, 2012

Deciding whether to offer a paid leave, there are many considerations

Employees’ personal lives seem to interfere with their working lives significantly (many of us might say it’s the other way around!). Employees are facing increased responsibility outside the workplace, whether to children, aging parents, military service or many other pressures of their personal lives.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / bereavement leave, Compassionate Care Leave, culpable and non-culpable absences, discrimination, duty to accommodate, employee absenteeism, employee attendance, Employees’ personal lives, employer-provided leaves, employment law, jury duty leave, legislative provisions requiring employees to be paid, maternity and parental/adoption leave, Military leave, organ donor leave, paid leave, Paid time off, personal emergency leave, responsibility outside the workplace, sick leave, Statutory Holiday, Statutory leaves, vacation provisions, Work/life balance

By Ron Richard | 5 Minutes Read December 3, 2012

Protecting sensitive data against the insider threat with data masking

With an overabundance of information being stored or created in electronic format, and various tools for turning data (i.e., personally identifiable information, intellectual property, credit card) into cash, goods, and other services, the risks of doing business have increased. We are hearing more and more about attacks where the target is sensitive data, and the perpetrators are those with elevated levels of trust and access within the business.

Article by Ron Richard / Business, Finance and Accounting, Privacy / best practices, Camouflage Software Inc., data masking, data protection, electronic format, encryption, Gartner, hackers, Information Technology PolicyPro, insider threat, insider threats, IT projects, Kevin Duggan, NIst, NL Government OCIO, Plato Consulting, Ponemon Institute, Protecting sensitive data, risk management, risks of doing business, SearchSecurity, software development, Testing, trust and access

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