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HR policies and procedures

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read April 27, 2017

11 HR policies you need right now for legal compliance

I learned a new way of looking at policies recently. The standard ways that you do things at your workplace, how you treat and manage your employees, your day-to-day practices—these are your HR policies and procedures, regardless of whether you've written them down or not.

Article by Adam Gorley / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / Due diligence, employee handbook, employment law, HR policies and procedures, HR policy manual, informal policies, legal compliance, legally required policies, workplace policies

By Marcia Scheffler | 2 Minutes Read August 18, 2015

Putting employee handbooks in their proper organizational context

Human Resources PolicyProDoes your organization have an employee handbook?  Are you thinking about creating one?  Do employees and managers have questions or conflicting beliefs about your current handbook?  The following overview discusses what an employee handbook is not, highlights the key purpose of an effective handbook and outlines some tips for effective employee handbooks.

Article by Marcia Scheffler / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Union Relations / company policies and procedures, employee handbook, employee handbook vs employment contract, Employee policy manual, employmee handbook vs operations manual, enforceability of employee handbooks, HR policies and procedures, HR policy manual, Human Resources PolicyPro, workplace policies

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 5 Minutes Read May 20, 2014

New leaves coming under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act

On April 29, 2014, Bill 21, the Employment Standards Amendments Act (Leaves to Help Families), 2014, received royal assent and will come into force six months after assent, on October 29, 2014.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / Bill 21, Crime-related child death or disappearance leave, critically ill child, EI benefits, employee leaves of absence, Employment Insurance Act, employment insurance compassionate care benefits, employment law, employment standards act, Family Caregiver Leave, Federal Income Support grant, Helping Families in Need Act, HR policies and procedures, job-protected leaves, Leaves of absence, Leaves to help families, medical certificate, policies and procedures, qualified health practitioner, statutory leave, Statutory leaves, the Employment Standards Amendments Act, workplace policies

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