written agreements

Written agreements in the employment relationship are valuable

August 25, 2011 Earl Altman Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

I have written in this blog and elsewhere, of the value in written employment contracts, written offers of employment, and written employment policies. Much like the break up of a marriage, the parties to the dissolution of the employment relationship often have widely divergent recollections of the understanding of the terms of the relationship when they were entered into. In particular,…

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The dreaded office lottery pool? Well sometimes!

January 10, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Human Resources

Nineteen Toronto co-workers who won Friday’s $50-million Lotto Max jackpot have learned how quickly an office lottery pool can become a nightmare. The group of winners cannot claim their winnings until the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has finished its investigation after other co-workers stepped forward to say they deserve part of the payout.

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