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By Miralaw Inc. | 3 Minutes Read September 18, 2017

Survival of the fittest: How can technology help small businesses thrive?

Canada’s failure rate for small and medium sized businesses is staggeringly high. Around one half of small and medium sized businesses survive past five years, while 15% don’t last a year. Today’s smaller businesses face a daunting task. The complexities of today’s market have created new risks, and myriad laws and regulations that can overwhelm just about any sized business.

Article by Miralaw Inc. / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / employment contracts, managing risk, small businesses, technology

By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read September 6, 2016

The standard of decency

I have an internal debate with myself over whether most of the new or amended legal obligations answer a real need of employers and employees, or are borne of a need of legislators to justify their existence, or appear to addressing crises which really aren't. And just as soon as I have convinced myself that additional laws and regulations are, for the most part, too onerous to justify their limited value, I read numerous news reports on the prevalency of wage theft in Ontario and workplace employment standards violations.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Changing Workplaces Review, complexity of the law, compliance with legisation, complying with the law, employment law, employment legislation, employment standards act, Employment Standards Enforcement, Employment Standards Enforcement: a Scan of Employment Standards Complaints and Workplace Inspections and their Resolutions under the Employment Standards Act, Interim Report, legal obligations, small businesses, wage theft, workplace employment standards violations

By Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services | 4 Minutes Read November 28, 2014

Sexual harassment under the Code: Smith v. The Rover’s Rest

The case of Smith v. The Rover’s Rest, 2013 HRTO 700 is a recent case dealing with sexual harassment and reprisal under the Human Rights Code of Ontario.

At the time of the incidents, the applicant, Debbie Smith was a 39-year-old mother being paid $7.00 per hour as a bartender at the Rover’s Rest in Ajax, Ontario. The applicant worked at the bar between February and September of 2009. On November 8, 2009 Ms. Smith filed an application with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario alleging that the individual respondent, the manager and owner of the small business, Bruce Dorman had subjected her to sexual harassment and advances during employment. Further, the application alleged she was terminated when she refused these advances and when the respondent wrongly believed that she was in a relationship with someone else.[1] She further alleged, that after she was terminated, the respondent delivered … Continue reading “Sexual harassment under the Code: Smith v. The Rover’s Rest”

Article by Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll / Bruce Doman, Deborah Smith, depression, discrimination, employment law, HRCO, hrto, human rights remedies, injury to dignity, injury to feelings and self-respect, Kevin Sambrano, monetary awards, non-monetary remedies, Ontario human rights commission, paralegal, prohibited grounds of discrimination, public interest remedies, reprisal, sexual advancement, sexual harassment, small businesses, Smith v the Rover's Rest, termination, the Code, the Human Rights Code, The Rover's Rest, workplace harassment

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