Terminated employee ‘not black enough’
When the non-profit Nova Scotia advocacy group the Black Educators Association terminated Rachel Brothers for alleged fraud and performance issues after less than a year, it wasn’t expecting to expose its own substantial failures of management and policy.
Repeated failure to pay employee on time amounted to constructive dismissal
The Ontario Labour Relations Board decided that an employee was in fact constructively dismissed and entitled to termination pay when the employer repeatedly failed to pay the employee on her regular pay day.
Employer failed to assist former employee with access request
Despite performing an adequate search for records and properly withholding information, an employer failed to meet its duty to assist a former employee with an access request under FIPPA…
Managing Editor at First Reference Inc.
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B., is a trained lawyer called to the Quebec bar in 1988 and is still a member in good standing. She practiced business, employment and labour law until 1999. For over 20 years, Yosie has been the Managing Editor at First Reference. She manages the PolicyPro Human Resources and Internal Controls editions, The Human Resources Advisor editions, PaySource and the HRinfodesk news service as well as the blogs. Marie-Yosie (a.k.a. Yosie) is a recognized and respected author, with an extensive background in human resources, employment and labour across the country.
Latest posts by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor (see all)
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