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June 14, 2018 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits
The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with the bill that will legalize marijuana and the new smoke-free rules related to cannabis, as well as a successful challenge to the right to terminate group benefits for employees aged 65 and older.
age discrimination, cannabis, Cannabis Act, employment law, group benefits, legalized marijuana, marijuana, older workers, protected ground of discrimination, Smoke-Free Ontario Act
March 9, 2015 Adam Gorley Accessibility Standards, Announcements and Administration, Conferences, Human Resources, Payroll
Early Bird Registration Now Open: 16th Annual Employment Law Conference. Come and learn the latest!
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October 6, 2014 Alison J. Bird Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, HRMS, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation
Given the increasing number of older employees who are choosing to remain in the workplace and the (near) elimination of mandatory retirement, it is increasingly important for employers to ensure that they are engaging in appropriate performance management of older workers. However, employers must make sure that its performance management is carried out in a way that does not trigger liability for age discrimination.
age discrimination, Age Related Discrimination, discrimination, elimination of mandatory retirement, employer’s performance management of an older worker, employment law, objective performance standards, older employees, older workers, performance management
August 11, 2014 Alison J. Bird Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Analytics, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Recruiting and Hiring, Standard for Employment
The number of workers over the age of 65 has significantly increased in recent years, and a survey by Towers Watson found that one-third of all respondents and 42 percent of older workers have decided to delay retirement. This aging workforce demographic means that not only are there more older workers remaining in their employment, but also that there are many older workers seeking new employment.
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July 5, 2012 Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights, Union Relations
When mandatory retirement was eliminated, I noted that this change might create some interesting HR issues for employers of older workers. In the past, employers were often in a position to tolerate declining performance, comfortable in the knowledge that the employment relationship had a fixed “end date.” As a result, they could allow the employee to work out their last few years and retire with dignity.
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February 2, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights
Alzheimer’s/dementia is becoming a nationwide epidemic and impacting the workforce more and more every day. “Alzheimer’s not only touches more and more lives every day but also impacts the workplace, especially as older people are postponing retirement and continuing to work into their 70s…”
Alzheimer, Alzheimer's Association, caregivers, dementia, discrimination, disease, diseases in the workplace, duty to accommodate, employee handbook, employment law, harassment, HR policy, older workers, policy manual, retirement, undue hardship
January 4, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Health and Safety, Human Resources
A Quebec workers’ compensation tribunal has ruled that reducing injured workers’ income replacement benefits at the retirement age of 65 is unconstitutional because it discriminates on the basis of age, contrary to both the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (section 10) and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (section 15).
Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, canadian employment law, Charter, Charter rights, discrimination based on age, employment law, injured workers’ income replacement benefits, injured workers’ income replacement benefits at the retirement age of 65, older workers, Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, WCB benefits, workers compensation, workers’ compensation tribunal
September 20, 2010 Adam Gorley Accessibility Standards
It’s true that Ontario’s businesses will incur extra costs to comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). It’s true that you will have to change the way you operate, expending more time, money and effort—at least initially. So maybe you’re afraid of that. But consider that most people have no idea what not accommodating disability already costs Ontarians through taxes, health care and social services. The province is betting that the systemic and institutional changes in the AODA will actually reduce the burden on government and business by allowing the many Ontarians with mild to severe disabilities to participate in the labour market and economy.
accessibility, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, AODA, canadian employment law, Disability, disability in the workplace, disability management, economy, education, employment law, health care, illness at work, older workers, ontario, persons with disabilities work, poverty, Releasing Constraints, Rotman, Rotman Prosperity Institute, taxes, what constitutes a disability
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