Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with the federal COVID-19 aid package, payroll related measures for COVID-19 and what life might be like after COVID-19.
HR policy
Loose lips sink shifts?
A recent online article reported that two seventeen-year-old employees were fired from a Kansas City pizza joint for talking about their pay rates. Both were new employees with the same experience, and the female employee discovered she was earning $0.25/hour less than her male co-worker. When she contacted her employer for an explanation, she was fired for discussing wages with a co-worker, as was the male co-worker. The employer advised that discussing pay was against employer policy, even though both employees stated that such policy was never disclosed to them.
Another failure to implement random alcohol and drug testing policy in the workplace
Suncor Energy Inc. has recently attempted to implement a mandatory, random drug and alcohol testing policy among employees in “safety-sensitive” or “specified” positions at their oil sands work site Fort McMurray, Alberta. These positions are held by about 82 percent of the 3,383 union members employed at the site.
