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By PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics | 2 Minutes Read February 28, 2017

HR should be doing HR, not spreadsheets

John Pensom, CEO of PeopleInsight, talks about the urgent need for HR to get beyond spreadsheets, leverage new technologies, and make a transformative contribution to the business.

Article by PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics / Employee Relations / employment law, HR, HR data, HR professionals, spreadsheets

By Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law | 4 Minutes Read February 27, 2017

Termination clause and the importance of the word “minimum”

Employees are entitled to reasonable notice upon termination of their employment. However, a termination clause contained in an employment contract may oust the employer’s obligation to provide reasonable notice, so long as the termination clause actually limits the employee’s entitlement to notice, without violating employment standards.

Article by Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / Clarke v. Insight Components (Canada) Inc., employee termination, employment law, employment standards act, employment standards code, Kosowan v Concept Electric, Miller v. A.B.M. Canada Inc., Nutting v Franklin Templeton Investments Corp, Termination clause, termination of employment

By Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services | 3 Minutes Read February 27, 2017

Disability and termination under the Human Rights Code

Under the Ontario's Human Rights Code (the Code), an employee cannot be terminated due to a disability. If the Human Rights Tribunal finds that the termination was based in part or in whole on a disability, this may be considered a breach of the Code. The matter was addressed in one of the first Tribunal decisions of 2017, Ben Saad v. 1544982 Ontario Inc.

Article by Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll / accomdation to the point of undue hardship, accommodate disability, Ben Saad v. 1544982 Ontario Inc., damages, Disability, employment law, Foreign workers, hrto, human rights code, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Kevin Sambrano, migrant worker, policies and procedures, termination, undue hardhsip

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