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By David Hyde | 10 Minutes Read July 31, 2013

Is driving a bus unsafe? It depends who you ask….

A recent investigation and ruling by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada ("HRSDC") has found that OC Transpo, the public transit operator in Canada's capital city, is not doing enough to protect its bus drivers from workplace violence as required under the CLC.

Article by David Hyde / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Union Relations / Amalgamated Transit Union, Canada labour Code, Canada's national transportation system, criminal code, criminal penalties, employee exposed to workplace violence, employment law, federally regulated, growing number of bus driver assaults, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, installing cameras on buses, investigation, Is driving a bus unsafe, Labour Law, Labour Relations Act, OC Transpo transit system, OH&S, protecting bus drivers from violence, risk factors for violence, risk of violence, safety of bus drivers, sexual assaults, surveillance cameras, Toronto Transit Commission Labour Disputes Resolution Act, video surveillance, violence, Violence against bus drivers in Canada, violence prevention measures, workplace violence, workplace violence prevention policy

By Maanit Zemel | 4 Minutes Read July 31, 2013

What to do if you are a victim of cyberbullying or cyberlibel – Part 2

In this posting, I will provide tips to adults and businesses that are being cyber-libelled. Anyone can be made a target of online defamation, with devastating consequences to one’s personal and professional reputation. Indeed, at its worst, cyber-libel can bring an individual or business to the brink of bankruptcy.

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Not for Profit, Privacy / Business, cyber-libel, cyberbullying, cyberlibel, defamation, disclosure order, Emails, facebook, identifying the perpetrator, Internet, Internet Service Providers, ISP, IT Professional, John Doe action, legal immunity from defamation, online defamation, online postings, online searches, person behind the postings, professional reputation, social media, twitter, web address, web hosting, websites, where the libel content is posted, “take-down” request

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, Ph.D. | 6 Minutes Read July 30, 2013

Six in ten workers around the world would telecommute full-time

Career advancement website HowDoIBecomeA.net recently featured an infographic on trends in telecommuting around the world. Apparently, one in five workers globally telecommutes frequently, and seven percent of workers work from home every day. Research shows that six in ten workers worldwide would telecommute full-time if their employer allowed it. Why do employers not allow it? In Canada, about 37 percent of workers say their employer needs them to be at their workplace...

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, Ph.D. / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / career advancement, cost in finding replacements, drawbacks to telecommuting, flexibility of telecommuting, gender wage gap, infographic, need to retain workers in the workforce, Preventing extra stress on employees, telecommuting, telecommuting around the world, turnover, work-life balance, workers globally telecommute, workforce, working from home, workplace

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