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By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read July 4, 2016

Loose lips sink shifts?

Human Resources PolicyProA recent online article reported that two seventeen-year-old employees were fired from a Kansas City pizza joint for talking about their pay rates. Both were new employees with the same experience, and the female employee discovered she was earning $0.25/hour less than her male co-worker. When she contacted her employer for an explanation, she was fired for discussing wages with a co-worker, as was the male co-worker. The employer advised that discussing pay was against employer policy, even though both employees stated that such policy was never disclosed to them.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / discrimination, discrimination in pay policies, discussing pay, discussing wages, employees’ rights to communicate, employer policies, employer policy, employment law, fair pay policies, female employee earning less, Gender wage gaps, gender-based pay gaps, HR policy, human rights legislation, pay policies, pay rates, paying women less than men, personal information about employees, PIPEDA, privacy policy, privacy statutes

By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 4 Minutes Read July 4, 2016

The pitfalls of unwritten contracts – Part 1

This is not to suggest that written contracts provide perfect inoculation against lawsuits—litigants often misunderstand the obvious; written information may be open to multiple interpretations; and people sue even when they have no case. Two important considerations when making an agreement that you wish to be legally binding and enforceable in a court of law, are:

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Payroll / agreements, business relationships, choice of forum, choice of law, contract clauses, contract interpretation, contracts, employment agreement, enforceability, land transactions, litigation, non-profit and employment context, oral contracts, Statute of Frauds, unwritten contracts, unwritten contracts in employment relationships, written contract

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