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By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read June 1, 2016

Sick employees left to twist in the wind?

The recent increase to Employment Insurance benefits for Compassionate Care Leave from 8 weeks to 28 weeks has given most employees in Canada the ability to care for seriously ill loved ones without jeopardizing their employment for up to 28 weeks. In addition to compassionate care leave most provinces also provide for critically-ill child care leave and some family responsibility leave enabling employees to cover the periods of illness of family members. So why don’t most provinces offer the same job protection to sick employees?

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / Compassionate Care Leave, critically ill child care leave, discrimination based on disability, discrimination due to absence, employment insurance benefits, employment law, employment standards code, human rights protection, Labour Code, long-term serious illness or injury, protection for seriously ill or injured employees, sick employee job protection, wrongful dismissal claim

By Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA | 4 Minutes Read February 2, 2015

How long is it? Records retention basics

What are the time limits for those boxes accumulating dust in the archives? Does all backup material need to be kept or just the final product? Who is actually making sure that this happens?

Article by Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Payroll, Privacy / business records, commercial records, contracts, electronic records, Employee records, employment equity records, Employment Insurance Act, employment insurance records, employment standards act, employment standards records, how long to keep business records, Income Tax Act, income tax records, Labour Code, paper records, record keeping, records retention, retaining records, sales contracts, statute of limitation, tax records

By Amery Boyer | < 1 Minutes Read August 20, 2013

More fall-out from the Just Us union organizing drive

On July 13, 2013, a rally of workers and their supporters from a Second Cup coffee outlet in Halifax was held alleging that management had violated Nova Scotia's Labour Code. Participants alleged that three employees were fired for backing an attempt to form a union.

Article by Amery Boyer / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / bargaining unit, baristas, employment relationship, Industrial Relations, Just Us union organizing drive, Labour Code, Labour Law, Labour Relations Board, management, push to unionize, Second Cup, Service Employees International Union, union, union organizing drive, Workers, working conditions

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