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By Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) | 3 Minutes Read January 5, 2022

The right to disconnect and IT departments

right to disconnect

The right to disconnect refers to an employee’s right to disengage from work-related communications and other work outside of their normal working hours. Ontario enacted changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) to enforce this right in organizations with 25 or more employees. The changes received royal assent on December 2, 2021, and require compliance by June 2, 2022.

At first blush, the right to disconnect may appear to be a labour and employment issue. However, IT departments will have significant roles to play in enabling compliance with the letter and spirit of the new requirements.

Organizations will be looking to their IT departments to implement technological or automated solutions. Employers around the globe have implemented solutions including the following, to comply with legislated or voluntary right to disconnect policies:

  1. Taking mail servers offline after business hours. Anyone emailing the organization receives an automated message that the server is
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Article by Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons) / Employment Standards, Information Technology / Duty of care, email, employment law, Human Resources, information technology, IT department, policies, right to disconnect

By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read June 25, 2014

Cybersecurity in the boardroom: The new reality for directors

Not long ago, cybersecurity was a term rarely, if ever, heard in the boardroom. Rather, information security was deemed to be a risk managed solely by the chief information or technology officer. Those days are gone. With the litany of high profile cybersecurity hacks—and the potential resulting drop in shareholder value, regulatory inquiries and litigations which inevitably follow—cybersecurity has become an increasingly challenging risk that boards must address.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / cyber-risks, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity in the boardroom, data breaches, Directors and officers, insurance, IT department, managing cybersecurity risks, risk management, risk of shareholder lawsuits, security risk management

By Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA | 2 Minutes Read November 4, 2013

How do I ensure accountability for IT systems?

One of the key elements needed to ensure accountability is reporting the right statistics and metrics. Each user department is responsible for ensuring that its information technology needs are addressed, and the IT department is responsible for providing overall cost-effectiveness, quality and coordination. The IT department can play its role by ensuring that IT metrics are captured and disseminated. User departments and the IT department must both be involved; neither may be permitted to abdicate its responsibilities.

Article by Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA / Business, Privacy / benefits delivery, COBIT 5, compliance, data capacity, estimating resource requirements, future functional requirements, governance framework, implementation, Information Technology PolicyPro, IT accountability, IT compliance, IT controls, IT department, IT governance, IT infrastructure, IT measurement, IT planning, IT priorities, IT strategy, ITPP, managing relationships, metrics, needs evaluations, network capacity, planning cycle, planning process, priorities, processing requirements, processor memory, resource capacity, resource optimization, resource usage, risk optimization, statistics, systems requirements, technical support, upgrading IT infrastructure, user support

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