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By Mordy Mednick | 3 Minutes Read August 31, 2022

Right to disconnect

Employers may be surprised to learn that, whether they are aware of it or not, they could already have violated provisions of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”).[1] As of June 2, 2022, employers who employed 25 or more employees on January 1, 2022 must have a written policy on “disconnecting from work”, which has been termed in the media as the ‘right to disconnect’.

Article by Mordy Mednick / Employment Standards / disconnect from work policy, disconnecting from work, employment law, employment standards act, policy and procedures, right to disconnect Leave a Comment

By Norman D. Marks, CPA, CRMA | 2 Minutes Read September 20, 2017

Six principles for effective risk management

In World-Class Risk Management, I review the eleven principles in the ISO 31000:2009 global risk management standard and condense them to just six.

Article by Norman D. Marks, CPA, CRMA / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / achieving objectives, actionable information, effective risk management, ERM Framework, organization’s mission, policy and procedures, risk management, risk to objectives

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 5 Minutes Read August 28, 2015

No obligation to let employee smoke marijuana at work as a form of accommodation

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, in French v Selkin Logging, found that an employer did not discriminate based on the ground of physical disability by refusing to allow the employee from smoking marijuana at work. The company’s zero-tolerance policy for drugs constituted a bona fide occupational requirement (BFOR).

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / BFOR, bona fide occupational requirement, British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, Disability, discrimination, Discrimination based on the ground of physical disability, duty to accommodate, employer’s legitimate management rights, employment law, marijuana, marijuana smoking on the job, medical marijuana card, policy and procedures, prima facie discrimination

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