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By Sean Bawden | 4 Minutes Read February 18, 2020

Non-consensual sharing of intimate images grounds for summary dismissal

Can sharing intimate photos of one your coworkers with your friends result in the summary dismissal of your employment for cause?

Article by Sean Bawden / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Privacy / digital privacy, Dismissal, employment law, just cause, serious misconduct, sexual harassment, termination, workplace investigation Leave a Comment

By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 3 Minutes Read February 11, 2020

Wrongful dismissal update: Judge upholds just cause termination for a 30 year employee who touched a co-workers buttock

After a 10 day trial, an Ontario judge recently concluded that touching a female’s buttock in the presence of four witnesses, who had conflicting versions of what happened, was just cause for termination for an employee with 30 years' service who had a clean disciplinary record.

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Employee Relations, Payroll / #MeToo movement, employment law, harassment in the workplace, just cause, Just cause termination, sexual harassment Leave a Comment

By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 4 Minutes Read January 29, 2020

Fired because of race? Consider a human rights claim

In 2018, a group of eight Caucasian employees of the Spruce Hill Resort and Spa Ltd. (“the Resort”) in British Columbia made a complaint to the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (“the Tribunal”), in which they alleged that they had been terminated from their employment because they were not Chinese. The Tribunal found that seven of the employees had been discriminated against on the basis of race and colour, and one employee had been discriminated against on the basis of sex.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / discrimination based on race, discrimination based on sex, employment law, poisoned work environment, sexual harassment Leave a Comment

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