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New rules regarding police record checks: Employers take note

On November 1, 2018, Bill 113, Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 will come into effect in Ontario. Employers should take steps now to ensure that their police record checks policy and procedures are in compliance with the new standardized procedure.

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To google or not to google? Candidate background checks

In the information age it’s usually relatively easy to find out all about someone by doing a simple Google search. The burning question of online daters, “do I google my date before the date?” applies equally to employers. Can, and should, an employer background check a candidate? If so when? And how deep can and should they go?

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The legalities of criminal, credit and medical checks in HR

Many employers requesting personal information related to criminal, credit or medical circumstances may consider the requests to be legitimate in creating or maintaining the working relationship. However, they should be careful what they wish for.

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