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By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read March 31, 2017

Former employee successfully sued for defamation for Facebook posts

In recent years, careless, or let’s say, less than sensible comments on social media have gotten countless employees in trouble with their boss. Employees who have used Facebook as a forum for posting threatening language and vile insults about a supervisor or offensive accusations about the company they work for have quickly been shown the door; and arbitrators and labour boards are often prepared to uphold these dismissals.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Payroll, Union Relations / defamation, employee Facebook posts, employment relationship, facebook, Facebook posts, Servant c. Ritchie, social media

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read March 31, 2017

Risk in the fourth dimension

The word, a magic word with amazing power, is “why”. Let’s think of the power of this word when it comes to risk and risk management.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / risk, risk management, risk practitioners

By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minutes Read March 30, 2017

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: Ontario's current and upcoming minimum wage; whether the terms of an employee's employment contract could be implied because of industry practice; and Ontario Human Rights Commission's new report, Not on the menu: OHRC inquiry report on sexualized and gender-based dress codes in restaurants.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / Dress code policies, dress code policy, dress codes, employment contract, employment law, gender-specific dress codes, industry practice, minimum wage, Minimum wage increase, Not on the menu: OHRC inquiry report on sexualized and gender-based dress codes in restaurants, OHRC, Ontario human rights commission

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