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Hot tips for summer student workplace supervision, safety and success!

March 17, 2015 Marcia Scheffler Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Union Relations

This is the first summer that Ontario employers have new liability and responsibility to summer students who are with them in unpaid co-op or internships. The Occupational Health and Safety Act coverage expanded to unpaid co-op students and learners in work placements, effective November 20, 2014. For employers, this means that unpaid summer co-op students […]

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Most-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk

March 28, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Training and Development

The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with whether a taxable benefit arises from the reimbursement of the cost of computer equipment, an update on the 2013 Federal Budget and how an employer was on the hook for damages due to a work reprisal.

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