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By Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR | 6 Minutes Read January 3, 2023

Ensuring fairness and thoroughness in workplace investigations

In continuation from Part 1 of our blog series on how best to approach harassment complaints, we will now focus on stage 2 of the process as we examine how best to conduct a fair and thorough investigation, following a workplace complaint.

Article by Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety / bullying, employment law, fairness, harassment, harassment complaints, mental health, occupational health and safety, procedural fairness, workplace harassment, workplace investigations Leave a Comment

By Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR | 6 Minutes Read December 6, 2022

You’ve got a harassment complaint, so what now?

These days, allegations of “harassment” or “bullying” can make people tense up very quickly. Understandably so as reputations are at stake and missteps can be costly – like, in the landmark case of Boucher v. Walmart Canada Corp where the retailer was ordered to pay damages totalling $410,000 plus 20 weeks’ salary for conducting a shoddy in-house investigation following allegations of workplace bullying and harassment.

Article by Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR / Employee Relations, Health and Safety / bullying, employment law, harassment, harassment complaint, investigation, mental health, workplace harassment, workplace harassment policy, workplace violence policy Leave a Comment

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 8 Minutes Read October 26, 2022

Domestic violence: Obligations and responsibilities of employers in Quebec

domestic violence leaveIn this context of legislative change and the rise of remote work, we offer an overview of what obligations, if any, employers have towards their employees who are living in situations of domestic (or family) violence in light of the pre-existing legal framework as well as the coming into force of new provisions.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Health and Safety / domestic violence, employment law, family violence, harassment, occupational health and safety, psychological or physical integrity, violence Leave a Comment

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