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Time theft: Employee ordered to repay employer

Recently, an accountant was ordered to repay her employer for engaging in time theft. In Besse v Reach CPA Inc., the employer submitted evidence via time-tracking software proving that the employee had engaged in time theft while working remotely.

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Employee’s time theft revealed by electronic monitoring

Although Ontario is the only province with mandatory electronic monitoring requirements for employers under the Employment Standards Act (ESA), British Columbia recently had an interesting wrongful dismissal case in which employee time theft, remote work, and electronic monitoring intersected.

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Application dismissed: challenges in the workplace and performance management constitute credible non-discriminatory explanation for termination

In Yan v 30 Forensic Engineering Inc., 2022 HRTO 649, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the “Tribunal”) dismissed allegations of discrimination and harassment with respect to employment because of race, place of origin, sex, marital status, age, disability, and reprisal, contrary to the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c.H. 19 (the “Code”).

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