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Can employers publicize terminations via social media? Dallas’ police chief says yes

January 10, 2014 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources

In the name of transparency and building public confidence in the local police force, Dallas police chief David O. Brown has begun posting announcements of staff terminations and demotions on the social networking services Twitter and Facebook. Chief Brown is surely blazing a trail with the controversial practice, but it remains to be seen whether others will follow—or if it’s even legal…

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Don’t push the employees – Court of Appeal deals with damages in a wrongful dismissal claim

September 7, 2010 Earl Altman Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

The scope of damages available in wrongful dismissal claims has been steadily widening over the past decade. However, in a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, released on May 28, 2010, the Court reversed this trend by rejecting tort liability of an employer for intentional infliction of mental suffering arising from a dismissal.

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