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By Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR | 6 Minutes Read August 1, 2023

The cost of getting it wrong in workplace investigations – Part 2

workplace assessmentsIn continuation of this blog series, here are some more notable cases over the last decade that employers and HR leaders can learn from to truly understand the cost of getting workplace investigations wrong. In case you missed the first part of this blog series, you can read it here.

Article by Belle Yuan, HR consultant, Strategywise HR / Employment Standards, Health and Safety / bad faith, bullying, complaints of harassment, criminal offence, duty of good faith, employment law, harassment, hostile work environment, mental distress, sexual harassment, toxic work environment, well-being, workplace culture, workplace investigations, workplace violence Leave a Comment

By Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation | 4 Minutes Read April 5, 2023

All reasonable precautions

How far does an employer have to go in order to meet its statutory duty to provide a healthy and safe workplace? What can you do when a former employee insists on returning to the workplace and causing trouble? In General Motors of Canada Company v. Osita-Adubasim, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (“ONSCJ”) found that in the right circumstances, an employer could obtain an injunction to ban them from the workplace.

Article by Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation / Business, Health and Safety / court injunction, employment law, internal responsibility system, reasonable precautions, restraining order, safety, sexual harassment, termination, trespassing, unlawful behaviour Leave a Comment

By Nadia Samy LL.B. | 3 Minutes Read October 21, 2022

Cyberbullying in the workplace

Although the concept of psychological and sexual harassment in the workplace has been around for quite some time, it still remains a hot topic. It has generated a lot of attention especially since the introduction of article 81.18 of the Act respecting labour standards which has provided a definition of psychological harassment by indicating its criteria.

Article by Nadia Samy LL.B. / Employment Standards, Health and Safety / cyberbullying, employment law, psychological harassment, réunions virtuelles, sexual harassment, social media, virtual meetings, work from home Leave a Comment

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