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Archives for April 2022

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How exceptional – severance and long notice periods

It is a well-established principle of Ontario employment law that, barring exceptional circumstances, the maximum severance period an employee can expect to receive upon dismissal tops out at 24 months. Ontario’s Court of Appeal has reaffirmed this point time and again.

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Segregation of duties and accounts payable

Segregation of duties strengthens internal controls. Accounts payable or AP is one of the easiest channels for an organization to lose money if internal controls are weak. The AP department’s responsibility to monitor, process, and control payments to creditors is essential to avoiding improper payments. If there is no segregation of duties, internal controls are likely to be weak. If internal controls are weak, the risk of errors and improper payments increases.

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Ontario Bill 88—a focus on employee surveillance

The focus of this article is on Schedule 2 in Bill 88. It proposes to amend the Employment Standards Act by adding a provision requiring employers that employ 25 or more employees to have a written policy with respect to electronic monitoring of employees.

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