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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, Ph.D. | 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, Ph.D. / 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

By Drache Aptowitzer LLP | 4 Minutes Read March 9, 2015

Policy and procedures in the non-profit sector

Recent events in non-for-profit institutions and organizations have raised the critical issue of the procedures followed to resolve conflicts and situations where the interests of the institution need to be balanced with the rights of individuals...

Article by Drache Aptowitzer LLP / Business, Not for Profit / Disciplinary measures, good governance, good practice, have in place internal procedures, policy and procedures, politically correct society, procedures followed to resolve conflicts, reasonable accommodation, violations of personal conduct

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