accountability

Health care and harassment: Now is the time to address unhealthy habits

December 3, 2019 Rubin Thomlinson LLP Employee Relations, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Training and Development, 0

When bullying, harassment, and discrimination are prevalent in the workplace, the tendency is for employee productivity to diminish and absences to increase.

accountability, employment law, harassment and bullying, inappropriate behaviour in the workplace, Workplace bullying and harassment

Is the rule of law at risk in Ontario?

January 9, 2018 Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm Accessibility Standards, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy and Security, Training and Development, Union Relations

Recently I concluded that the rule of law no longer applies in many Ontario workplaces. The epiphany hit me when I was meeting with the Managing Director of a boutique law firm.

accountability, employment law, Government enforcement, Government regulations, Ontario workplaces, Rule of law

Principle of accountability under PIPEDA

January 9, 2017 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Training and Development

Under Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), there is nothing that prevents organizations from outsourcing the processing of data inside or outside of Canada—however, organizations must take all reasonable steps to protect that information from unauthorized uses and disclosures when it is in the hands of third party processors. This is where accountability, the first principle in PIPEDA, comes in; and there are obligations to meet regarding training staff that are highly relevant.

accountability, employment law, outsourced data, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, PIPEDA principles, privacy policy, third parties

Crafting policies is the art of business

August 1, 2012 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development

Policies are crucial to a successful business. Without them, it’s impossible to consistently control and keep track of all the things that happen day to day. It’s great to see others as excited about the topic as we are at First Reference. Last week, Scott Lowe outlined on TechRepublic, “10 things to consider when creating policies.” And it’s not just IT policy he’s interested in.

accountability, audience, Derwyn Hancocks, employment law, inconsistent with values, IT, jargon, Jeffrey Sherman, legalese, need for policy, Operational Bulletin 275-C, plain language, policies, policy considerations, policy exceptions, policy manual, policy overlap, policy revision, procedures, responsibilities, Scott Lowe, techrepublic, zero tolerance

Slaw: Privacy management guide aims to improve accountability

April 26, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Human Resources, Privacy and Security

The privacy commissioners of Canada, Alberta and British Columbia have developed a guide to help organizations implement an effective privacy management program that meets private-sector privacy legislation and to provide consistent direction on what it means to be an accountable organization when dealing with individuals’ personal information…

accountability, customer trust, employment law, information practices, online information practices of organizations, personal information, Privacy Commissioner, privacy law, privacy management, private-sector privacy laws, reputational risk