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Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario: the “Code” matters, not social norms

March 26, 2018 Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services Human Resources, Human Rights

Although there may be social norms at play, a business owner would do well to continue to update and implement workplace and human rights policies on an ongoing basis, otherwise, they may be liable for any breach of the “Code”, whether intended or otherwise.

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Are your sexual harassment and harassment policies proactive or reactive?

December 1, 2014 Michele Glassford Employee Relations, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Penalties and Fines, Privacy and Security, Training and Development, Union Relations

While at the First Reference Conference one year, an interesting conversation arose among attendees at my lunch table, where more than one complained that her workplace refused to implement an anti-bullying policy (as was required under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act), apparently because doing so would open the floodgates (as the HR Manager was the alleged bully).

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