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By David Hyde | 7 Minutes Read January 18, 2012

Safety and security for business travellers: a legal and moral imperative for Canadian employers, part 2

In some cases, business leaders fail to recognize that employee travel falls within the physical scope of workplace activities. In other cases, decision-makers believe that only those travelling to international high-risk destinations require any type of security protection. In most organizations, there is also a gap in knowledge when it comes to travel security, contributing to a lack of risk awareness and fragmented ownership of the function within the organization.

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By David Hyde | 6 Minutes Read December 16, 2011

Safety and security for business travellers: a legal and moral imperative for Canadian employers

When it comes to employee travel, the risk landscape is changing for Canadian employers. The nature and extent of security and safety risks faced by today's business traveller are expanding, and conditions on the ground for international travellers are becoming more unpredictable. In parallel with these changes, we are witnessing a tidal wave of new occupational health and safety statutes and regulations aimed at preventing work-related violence, including recent examples in Ontario, Manitoba and Newfoundland.

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By Earl Altman | 4 Minutes Read September 7, 2010

Don’t push the employees – Court of Appeal deals with damages in a wrongful dismissal claim

The scope of damages available in wrongful dismissal claims has been steadily widening over the past decade. However, in a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, released on May 28, 2010, the Court reversed this trend by rejecting tort liability of an employer for intentional infliction of mental suffering arising from a dismissal.

Article by Earl Altman / Employment Standards / bad faith in the matter of the dismissal, constructive dismissal, damages, discipline, Dismissal, employer code of conduct, employment law, intentional infliction of mental suffering, Ontario Court of Appeal, performance review, personal liability on a manager, terminations, tort liability, tort of negligence in the employment context, torts of battery, vicarious liability, vicariously liable, wrongful dismissal, Wrongful dismissal claims

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