A workplace guide for the #MeToo era
With the #MeToo movement in full swing in recent months, criminal lawyer Marie Henein crystallized what needs to change at an event in Toronto recently.…
- By: Sara Tatelman
- May 11, 2018 March 17, 2021
- 08:58
Latest news in Legal issues
HRPA’s election platform suggests further clarity on marijuana rules
In advance of Ontario’s election on June 7, the Human Resources Professionals Association is setting out several recommendations for the province’s political parties, including more clarity around…
- By: Staff
- May 8, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Ontario passes pay transparency legislation
Ontario passed pay transparency legislation on Thursday, making it the first province to do so. Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, the province will require all job postings…
- By: Staff
- April 26, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 15:00
Have your say: Are new sick day entitlements a concern for employers?
Following in the footsteps of other Canadian provinces, Quebec has introduced a bill to amend its labour laws that includes changes to sick leave entitlements. Currently, employees…
- By: Ryan Murphy
- April 2, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 16:15
Parliament Hill staff call for closer look at workplace bullying: survey
The #MeToo movement may have given national prominence to the issue of sexual misconduct on Parliament Hill, but some of the responses to a recent…
- By: Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press
- March 21, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:47
N.S. human rights commission to help employers address workplace harassment
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is introducing new online resources to help employers address and prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. According to a…
- By: Staff
- March 9, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 16:15
Ontario sets out pay transparency legislation
The province of Ontario is tackling pay transparency by introducing legislation that requires employers to track and publish information about compensation in their organizations. The proposed legislation, if passed,…
- By: Staff
- March 6, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 16:15
Wearable employee trackers raise issues around workplace morale, legality
While many employers are including wearable devices in their wellness programs to encourage employees to track their health outcomes, one technology giant was granted two patents at the…
- By: Sara Tatelman
- February 14, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 10:30
Court decision warns employers about financial liability in mass terminations
A recent court decision in Ontario serves as a reminder to employers to tread carefully when it comes to mass terminations. In the recent decision, Wood…
- February 12, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 16:08
New Brunswick considering domestic violence leave
New Brunswick is planning to join other provinces in offering job-protected leave for victims of domestic violence. “It is essential that New Brunswick’s employment standards…
- By: Staff
- January 23, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 10:20
Have your say: Are new labour law changes a concern for employers?
New labour law changes, particularly enhanced leave provisions in Ontario, are likely to increase costs and administrative challenges for employers, according to one expert. Amendments in…
- By: Ryan Murphy
- January 3, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Tips for preventing sexual harassment in the workplace
One summer, as a university student in the mid-1970s, Frances Gallop was working at a restaurant where the manager sexually harassed nearly every female employee.…
- By: Sara Tatelman
- December 28, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 08:40
Sounding Board: Ontario’s Bill 148 adds administrative burdens, costs for employers
With the majority of the amendments in Bill 148 taking effect in Ontario in early December, it requires employers in the province to undertake a review of…
- By: Caitlin Russell and Pamela Hinman
- December 27, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 08:45
What do Canada’s provinces offer around bereavement leave?
Alberta is implementing it’s first job-protected bereavement leave as of Jan. 1, 2018. In addition to the death of an immediate family member or of a…
- By: Martha Porado
- December 27, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
Decision on employee reference eases the fears ‘to a certain extent’
What should an employer say when asked about a former employee who wasn’t up to scratch? The issue arose in Papp v. Stokes earlier this…
- By: Martha Porado
- December 19, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 08:53
Sounding Board: How will the WSIB’s mental-stress changes affect employers?
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is expanding its work-related mental-stress policy following decisions at the appeals tribunal that found the limits currently placed on entitlement criteria are unconstitutional.…
- By: Tony Culhane and Kelly Allen
- December 12, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Key steps to implementing a policy addressing marijuana in the workplace
Employers often feel they’re between a rock and a hard place when it comes to drugs and alcohol in the workplace. On the one hand,…
- By: Bill Zolis
- November 29, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 10:54
What do Canadian provinces offer around sick, emergency leave?
While the discussions around the reasons employees need to miss work are getting more specific in many provinces, leave options remain fuzzy to non-existent from a government…
- By: Martha Porado
- November 22, 2017 April 22, 2021
- 18:15
B.C. ruling adds further clarity to long-term disability saga
Does disability interfere with an organization’s right to terminate employment and employer-provided benefits? It’s a question that commonly arises when it comes to employees who…
- By: Jordan Fremont and Gabrielle Fortier-Cofsky
- November 21, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 08:52
New Ontario rules to include workplace ban on recreational, medical pot
Ontario has published new proposed rules around marijuana use that includes a workplace ban on smoking both the medical and recreational varieties. In response to the…
- By: Staff
- November 6, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
New workplace order necessary to prevent harassment
A newly hired business graduate, predicted by senior managers of a major bank to have significant potential, left the organization after one year. He sued…
- By: Warren Shepell
- October 10, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 08:55
Employers given mixed messages on termination clauses in employment contracts
Employment contracts often contain clauses limiting an employee’s entitlement upon termination to the minimum entitlements under the Employment Standards Act or any other amount the…
- October 9, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 14:13
Federal retirees lose bid to challenge move to 50-50 cost split for benefits plan
A group of retired public servants learned the hard way just how difficult it can be to mount a constitutional challenge to benefits changes, according…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- September 13, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Yellow Pages to pay $117K for favouring ‘pension eligible’ staff for severance packages
An arbitrator has ordered Yellow Pages Group Co. to pay an employee $102,000 for breaching a collective agreement and an additional $15,000 for a Human…
- By: Julius Melnitzer
- August 18, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
Human Resourcefulness: HR lessons from The Office’s Toby Flenderson
The third episode of Benefits Canada‘s new podcast, Human Resourcefulness, looks at the role of the human resources manager through Toby Flenderson of The Office. Our…
- By: Sara Tatelman and Jann Lee
- August 18, 2017 September 13, 2019
- 09:00