employment relationships
June 13, 2017 Fred Stewart Accessibility Standards, Conferences, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Government Budgets, Throne Speeches and Plans, Health and Safety, HR and Technology, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Standard for Employment
The 18th annual Ontario Employment Law Conference will be taking place on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at the Corporate Event Center at CHSI in Mississauga. We are very much looking forward to hearing from Ontario Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn and the employment and labour law experts from Stringer LLP! If you would like to register for the conference but haven’t done so yet, registration will be closing on Friday, June 16, 2017.
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July 6, 2016 Rubin Thomlinson LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation
All employment relationships in Ontario are deemed to be contractual, whether or not a written contract is in place between the parties. When there is no written contract, the common law (judge-made law) imports a number of obligations into the contract that will bind the employer and the employee.
commission plans, common law, conflicts of interest, copyright of works, duty to act fairly, employee benefit plans, employment agreement, employment law, employment relationships, incentive compensation plans, intellectual property rights, judge-made law, non-competition, non-solicitation, pension plans, reasonable notice, restrictive covenants, right to discipline, right to terminate, safe work environment, termination, written contract
September 17, 2015 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Wages and Compensation
To appreciate the dangers of varying employment terms, we must start with the foundations of contract law. First, a contract requires that each party receive a benefit (consideration). Second, if the parties agree to a variation of contract, but consideration is not received by both parties, Courts will consider the new contract an “unenforceable unilateral variation”. Third…
compensation, constructive dismissal, employment agreements, employment contact, employment law, employment relationships, health benefits, notice period prior to termination, Pensions and Benefits, providing reasonable notice or pay in lieu thereof, Termination clause, Termination provisions, terms of employment, unilateral change of contract, vacation pay, written contract, wrongful dismissal
August 19, 2014 Devry Smith Frank LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Union Relations
A recent decision out of the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of an employee for behaving dishonestly towards his employer.
abusing sick days, dismissal of an employee, employee for behaving dishonestly, employment law, employment relationships, immediate dismissal is justified, relationship of trust between the employer and employee, sick day, sick leave, sick leave provisions, Telus Communications Inc. v. Telecommunications Workers Union, termination, terminations
May 8, 2014 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Training and Development, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with the MOL guide to OHSA basic awareness training; Saskatchewan new employment act; and earned income for RRSP purposes.
earned income, earnings loss benefit payments, employment law, employment relationships, HRinfodesk, Labour Relations Act, Newsletter, Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Training, OHSA basic awareness training, Ontario Ministry of Labour, RRSP, Saskatchewan Employment Act
October 3, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation
The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with Ontario’s increase to the employer health tax exemption and how the province is interpreting employment relationships in relation to the tax and the how a discriminatory dismissal decision was overturned by the Divisional Court.
discrimination, Dismissal, employee who suffered depression, Employer Health Tax, employer-employee relationship, employment relationships, exemption, guidance, harassment, HRinfodesk, human rights tribunal, Ministry of Finance, terminations
April 18, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
The new Saskatchewan Employment Act clearly defines the rights and responsibilities of employees, employers and unions… The new Act will improve Saskatchewan’s labour legislation to better protect workers, promote growth and increase accountability
employment contracts, employment law, employment relationships, Employment Standards Reform, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, labour relations, labour standards act, occupational health and safety act, Saskatchewan Employment Act
April 18, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with how a probation period is an opportunity to demonstrate skills, an employer’s failure to prevent workplace harassment. and a Human Rights Tribunal decision to reinstate a terminated employee after the employer failed to accommodate.
Alberta, Alberta labour arbitrator, damage award, discrimination, duty to accommodate, employee rights, employee with a disability, employment law, employment relationships, Failure to accommodate, Ontario Human Rights Code, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, Probation period, probation periods, probationary period, reinstatement, Workplace discrimination, workplace harassment
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