addiction in the workplace

Arbitrator orders nurse who was caught stealing narcotics to be reinstated

February 20, 2019 Sean Bawden Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, 0

Is it a discriminatory practice and potential breach of the Ontario Human Right Code for a nursing home to prohibit nurses from stealing narcotics?

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The Charlie Sheen treatment: is workplace addiction a laughing matter?

March 10, 2011 Adam Gorley Human Resources, Human Rights

You might have seen something on the news or online recently about Charlie Sheen, or maybe one of your co-workers or friends mentioned some of the outlandish things Sheen has said in interviews recently. You might have thought, “Charlie Sheen? He’s still around?” Or maybe you know his hit sitcom, Two and a Half Men, so you know he hasn’t faded away into obscurity. At any rate, you might have been surprised that by his own admission he had done and was continuing to do the amount and kinds of drugs that only celebrities can do and continue to live.

addiction, addiction in the workplace, Charlie Sheen, Disability, discrimination based on disability, drugs, employment law, Hollywood, mental health, termination, wrongful dismissal