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By Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation | 4 Minutes Read June 3, 2022

Preventing discrimination claims

Employment Lawyers often say that the two riskiest parts of the employment relationship are the hiring stage and the dismissal. Each of these raise their own specific sets of risks, but one commonality is that it is often easy for the candidate or employee to allege that they were discriminated against on the basis of a protected ground under Human Rights legislation.

Article by Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation / Employment Standards, Human Rights / discrimination, discrimination claims, Dismissal, employment law, evidence, hiring, performance reviews, prohibited grounds of discrimination, social media review, termination, wrongful dismissal

By Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services | 3 Minutes Read September 10, 2018

Lack of evidence works against employer at the HRTO

In the matter of Puniani v. Rakesh Majithia CA Professional Corporation, after being terminated from her employment, the applicant filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario alleging discrimination based on sex. The respondents denied any such claims and alleging the reason for the applicant’s termination was related to job performance.

Article by Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services / Employee Relations, Human Rights / age, ancestry, burden of proof, Citizenship, Code, code-breach, colour, creed, Disability, discrimination, duty to accommodate, employment law, employment law hrto, ethnic origin, evidence, family status, gender expression, gender identity, human rights code, human rights paralegal, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, interim orders, Kevin Sambrano, marital status, maternity leave, obligation under the Code, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, place of origin, pregnancy, prima facie, Puniani v. Rakesh Majithia, race, record of offences, Sambrano Legal Services, sex, sexual orientation

By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 4 Minutes Read August 8, 2016

The pitfalls of unwritten contracts – Part 2

Many employers still do not enter into written contracts with their employees. A recent case from British Columbia illustrates why this is a bad idea. The parties ended up in Court, where a Judge had to piece together testimony and the facts at the time the contract was made, to determine the nature of contract.

Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Payroll / contracts, employee agreements, evidence, fixed-term contracts, fixed-term employment contracts, litigation, litigation risk management, notice pay, oral contracts, severance, unwritten contracts, valid contracts

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