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September 11, 2014 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Privacy and Security, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation
Three of the most popular articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with a worker’s right of action; WSIB mental health stress test; and, employer liability under Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation.
commercial electronic messages, email, employer liability under Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, employment law, HRinfodesk, social media, traumatic mental stress, worker's right of action, workers compensation, Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, WSIB benefits, WSIB mental health stress
August 25, 2014 Stringer LLP Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Penalties and Fines, Privacy and Security
Your employee is on Facebook over her lunch break, when she notices that her friend’s brother is the President of a start-up that could likely use your company’s services. She retrieves his email address from Facebook and sends him an email from her company email account, looking to arrange a coffee meeting to catch up and perhaps talk business. This scenario is one of many vulnerabilities facing Canadian employers since the coming into force of the new Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation
Anti-spam, Business, Canadian anti-spam legislation, CEMs, civil litigation, commercial electronic messages, company email account, consent, Consent must be explicit, contact information, distribution list, electronic business communications not consented to by their recipient, electronic communications, email, Employer liability, employment law, marketing, mass email marketing, opt-in, opt-out, penalties and civil liability, social media platforms, spam, unsubscribe link requirement
November 28, 2011 Adam Gorley Human Resources, Privacy and Security
The latest info from Industry Canada has the new anti-spam legislation coming into force in early 2012. The consultation period is over, and the government will now finalize the regulations that organizations will have to follow.
Anti-spam bill, anti-spam regulations, CAN-SPAM Act, Canadian anti-spam legislation, CASL, commercial electronic messages, electronic commerce, Electronic Commerce Protection Act, email addresses, email lists, Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act, FISA, marketing, privacy policy, spam
September 19, 2011 Adam Gorley Human Resources, Privacy and Security
The federal government has introduced a website dedicated to its new anti-spam law, the Electronic Commerce Protection Act. The website, Fightspam.gc.ca, describes the provisions of the law and its purposes, and outlines how organizations and individuals can make sure they abide by the law and protect themselves from spam and other electronic threats.
address harvesting, altering transmission data, Anti-spam bill, commercial electronic messages, Criminal Code of Canada, Electronic Commerce Protection Act, false representation, fightspam.gc.ca, malware, misleading representation, spam, spyware
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