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These fast-reading reports give you a quick overview of new and urgent HR issues, topics and challenges. You find out “in a nutshell” what you need to know and do, and get tips on key steps to take.
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.
The aspect of the newly passed Ontario OHS reform law, Bill 160, that’s probably going to have the most direct and immediate impact on you…
If serving alcohol is part of your holiday party plans, you need to understand and manage your liability risks. Here’s how.
WHAT ARE YOUR LIABILITY RISKS?
You can be liable for injuries caused by employees who drive home drunk after the holiday party. The legal …
It’s time for payroll to gear up for year-end processing. Here are the 5 changes that will make T4 processing in 2011 slightly different from previous years.
1. New CPP Deduction Rules for the 60-Something Set
Previously, you had to stop deducting CPP contributions from …
All employers have a duty to protect workers from violence and harassment. So companies can’t turn a blind eye toward violence, bullying and harassment. Doing so could result in a lawsuit if a worker quit his job, believing his employer did nothing to stop the …
All wrongful dismissals are not the same. In 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that employers who show especially bad faith in the firing process must pay additional damages to the employees they humiliate. But soon, so-called Wallace damages were being awarded as a …
Losing an overtime claim could cost you hundreds or even thousands. Losing an overtime class action could cost you millions. Starting in 2007, overtime class action lawsuits sprang up all across Canada. Last June, it looked like the monster had been put back in the …
Carbon trading systems will soon be a reality across Canada.Such a system is already up and running in Alberta. The federal government is also in the process of setting up its own system, as are the governments of BC, MB, ON and QC.Under a carbon …
This special report is designed to help you shoulder that burden by explaining the law on workplace violence and harassment, the duty to address these hazards under the OHS and other laws and the liability risks if employers fail to fulfi ll this duty. It …
This Quiz Book includes 12 quizzes covering many of the essentials of WHMIS, including MSDSs, WHMIS labels and training.But they’re not like the run-o-the-mill quizzes you see every day. Each quiz poses a hypothetical situation and asks readers to apply what they think they know …
