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Who's looking at your garbage, and why should you care?

You know what happens when you dump your garbage in the bin, right? The garbage collectors pick it up and take it away, and you don't worry about it any more. But should you worry about it? A 2009 Supreme Court of Canada decision suggests you might want to.

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Background checks: Of job applications and credit checks

Starting in 2006, Mark's Work Wearhouse in Alberta was running background credit checks on employees looking for work at the clothing store. Not criminal record checks; not general reference checks; credit checks.

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Refusing work if workplace violence is likely to endanger

What do you do when an employee tells you she's refusing to work because she fears she'll suffer from an act of violence at the workplace? You might ask: can the worker even do that? With workplace violence and harassment legislation and regulation spreading across Canada, you might just need to know.

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