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By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read July 25, 2014

Arbitrators should apply ‘privacy spectrum’ to personal information

arbitrators-privacy-spectrumThe names of people involved in labour arbitration should be disclosed with the arbitrator’s decisions, unless there are compelling reasons not to do so, according to the open-court principle and the public’s interest. The British Columbia Labour Relations Board affirmed the law in a recent review of an arbitrator’s decision. The board also affirmed arbitrators’ discretion to disclose or withhold personal information under the Labour Relations Code and Personal Information Protection Act.

The case arose when a unionized employee was disciplined and the union grieved the punishment. The employee sought to have his name left out from the arbitrator’s decision-or anonymized by using only his initials. The union presented a number of arguments for why grievors’ and witnesses’ names should not be published in arbitration decisions:

  • The open court principle does not apply to labour arbitrators, because labour arbitrators are primarily a private dispute mechanism
  • Privacy legislation is quasi-constitutional
… Continue reading “Arbitrators should apply ‘privacy spectrum’ to personal information”

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / addiction disability, addictions, anonymized by using only initials, British Columbia Labour Relations Board, Charter values, Disability, discipline, discretion to disclose or withhold personal information, employment law, grievors' and witnesses' names should not be published, human rights, human rights code, Internet, labour arbitration, Labour Law, Labour Relations Code, mental health, mental health issue, misuse of personal information, new technological innovations, Non-publication of names in awards, Ontario human rights commission, open-court principle and the public’s interest, personal information, Personal Information Protection Act, policy, privacy spectrum, psychiatric disability, quasi-constitutional in nature, substance abuse, substance dependenc, traditional custom of publicizing the names of grievors and witnesses, union grieved the punishment, unionized employee

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read July 25, 2014

Substantively enacted corporate income tax rates as at 30 June 2014

EY’s tables of substantively enacted Canadian corporate income tax rates have been updated to 30 June 2014. The small business corporate income tax rates table is updated to reflect the enactment of the decrease in Newfoundland and Labrador’s small business corporate income tax rate from 4.0% to 3.0%, effective 1 July 2014.
There were no other legislative changes to the federal and provincial general and small business corporate income tax rates since the last update on 31 May 2014.
The following proposals are not substantively enacted as at 30 June 2014:

  • Saskatchewan’s proposal to reduce the general corporate income tax rate from 12% to 10% by 2015. The government confirmed in its 2014-15 budget (tabled on 19 March 2014) that it remains committed to implementing this rate reduction; but no specific timeline was announced.
  • Quebec’s proposal to reduce the small business rate for CCPCs whose proportion of activities attributable to
… Continue reading “Substantively enacted corporate income tax rates as at 30 June 2014”

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / Canada Revenue Agency, corporate income tax rates, CPA Canada, CRA, E&Y LLP, Knotia, small business rate, taxation years

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read July 24, 2014

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with a discipline process instead of termination; accommodating a probationary employee; and employer-provided vehicles.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / accommodate a probationary employee, Damage to employer property, Disability, discipline, discipline process, discrimination, duty to accommodate, employee's action warranted termination, Employer-provided vehicles, employment law, Newsletter, probationary employees, Taxable benefits, termination for cause, two-week suspension, workplace accommodation

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