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By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 3 Minutes Read September 10, 2019

Workplace harassment provisions coming to the Canada Labour Code

As many of you know, several new amendments to the Canada Labour Code (“the Code”) came into effect on September 1st. Employers cannot rest just yet - even bigger changes are expected to arrive in 2020 in relation to workplace harassment and violence.

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Employee Relations, Health and Safety / employment law, harassment and violence, Harassment and violence training, investigate complaints of harassment, Investigating workplace violence, psychological harassment, psychological injury, workplace harassment and violence

By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minutes Read July 27, 2017

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: a new type of damage that was awarded against an employer after workplace harassment was proven, a case in which expert evidence was not needed to claim damages for mental injury, and the public hearings on Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Administration, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Payroll / Bill 148, card-check certification, damages for harassment, employment law, establishing mental injury, fair workplaces better jobs act, general damages, human rights, loss of income, mental injury, mental suffering, Minimum wage increase, non-pecuniary damages, OHSA, personal emergency leave, psychological injury, public hearing, RCMP, test for harassment, tort of harassment, workplace harassment, workplace injury

By Andrew Taillon | 3 Minutes Read January 20, 2012

The debate over moral damages continues

Since Honda v. Keays, employment law and human resources practitioners have been watching how the law regarding bad faith dismissals has developed, in particular, the assessment of moral damages. A recently published decision has added some clarity to the moral damages question. The case, Canada (Attorney General) v. Tipple (2011) dealt with the well known case of Douglas Tipple.

Article by Andrew Taillon / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / bad faith, bad faith dismissals, bad faith termination, Canada (Attorney General) v. Tipple (2011), Douglas Tipple, employment law, grievance, Honda damages, Honda v. Keays, mental health effects, misleading and unduly insensitive, moral damages, psychological injury, reprisal, termination, workplace investigations

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