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Testing

By Clear Path Employer Services | 4 Minutes Read September 12, 2014

Hire like a freak

What if there was a way you could get the wrong candidates to de-select themselves for you?

Article by Clear Path Employer Services / Employee Relations / Business, candidates, de-select themselves, Economist Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics (2005), hiring managers, hiring process, indicators of attitude, interviews, journalists Stephen J. Dubner, right attitude for your workplace, SuperFreakanomics (2009), Testing, Think Like A Freak (2014), training process, use of resumes

By Alison J. Bird | 2 Minutes Read September 13, 2013

Employer liable under human rights for consultant’s discriminatory action

While many employers in Canada understand that they have obligations under human rights legislation, they likely do not appreciate that they can also be liable if a consultant contracted to provide services on their behalf engages in discriminatory action. This is what occurred in Ontario in the recent case of Reiss v CCH Canadian Limited, 2013 HRTO 764.

Article by Alison J. Bird / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll / age discrimination, agent of the employer, canadian employment law, CCH Canadian Limited, communication, discrimination, discrimination on the basis of age, discriminatory action, Employer liability, employer liable, employment law, HR consultants, human resources consultant, human rights obligations, injury to dignity, injury to his dignity feelings and self-respect, interview, Job application, job candidate, job interview, junior candidates with lower salary expectations, legal writer, ontario, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, potential liability, Reiss v CCH Canadian Limited, salary expectations, suggestive of a stereotyped assumption that an older person would necessarily want a higher salary, Testing

By Ron Richard | 5 Minutes Read December 3, 2012

Protecting sensitive data against the insider threat with data masking

With an overabundance of information being stored or created in electronic format, and various tools for turning data (i.e., personally identifiable information, intellectual property, credit card) into cash, goods, and other services, the risks of doing business have increased. We are hearing more and more about attacks where the target is sensitive data, and the perpetrators are those with elevated levels of trust and access within the business.

Article by Ron Richard / Business, Finance and Accounting, Privacy / best practices, Camouflage Software Inc., data masking, data protection, electronic format, encryption, Gartner, hackers, Information Technology PolicyPro, insider threat, insider threats, IT projects, Kevin Duggan, NIst, NL Government OCIO, Plato Consulting, Ponemon Institute, Protecting sensitive data, risk management, risks of doing business, SearchSecurity, software development, Testing, trust and access

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