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On Apr. 17, 2012, Privacy Commissioners from Alberta and BC issued joint guidelines to help employers establish privacy management programs saying programs should include:
Privacy officers and other resources demonstrating employer commitment
Program controls such as personal information access policies, privacy training and emergency response procedures
Procedures to …
In terms of human rights, one person’s freedom may be another’s oppression. Consider the case of the visually impaired employee who, thanks to the “reasonable accommodations”….
This graph shows the top 10 industries based on hiring plans, according to Manpower’s Employment Outlook Survey, a widely accepted benchmark. Although hiring in Canada is still not robust, the economy continues to grow jobs.
Federal budgets are long, technical documents that are torture to read. But if you manage HR and payroll for a living, you don’t have the luxury of ignoring them.
Concerns about privacy issues have companies adding to staff.
Job postings for privacy professionals increased 56 percent for the last three months of 2011 in comparison to the same period the previous year…
Key EI changes in the new federal budget proposed on March 29, 2012:
Annual EI premium increases limited to 5¢ until EI account balanced
Cut clawback rate 50% and apply it to all earnings on claims (so EI claimants getting benefits don’t refuse temporary work)
EI benefits based …
After 31 years of service, a Canada Post fired a postal clerk for posting derogatory things about her supervisors and CP on Facebook. The arbitrator upheld termination, noting that posts weren’t private correspondence and constituted gross insubordination, hurtful—causing one supervisor to miss significant time for …
Obesity isn’t per se a disability. But it can be in 2 situations:
1. The obesity is a real physical limitation; and
2. Obesity is perceived as a disability.
Here are the leading cases representing each approach.
How to respond to refusals to do dangerous work without liability for reprisals and wrongful dismissal
-By Glenn Demby
A new Ontario regulation makes it easier for employees to sue for OHS reprisals, i.e., discipline in retaliation for expressing health and safety concerns.
