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Updates in Ontario labour and employment matters: disclosure of salary ranges and AI; potential banning of NDAs
CHANGES TO WORKERS’ RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND DIGITAL PLATFORM WORKERS’ RIGHTS ACT On November 6, 2023, the Government of Ontario announced its [...]
Beware of What You Say – and Don’t Say – About Your Former Employees
The liability perils of post-employment references and how to avoid them. When a fellow HR director asks you for a [...]
Post-Employment References Policy
Here’s a post-employment references policy template that you can adapt with the help of your lawyer for your own use. [...]
Employee Consent to Provide Post-Employment Reference Form
When employees leave your company, have them sign a written consent form that authorizes you to disclose employment reference information [...]
HR Insider Newsletter – November 2023
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How An Employee May Become Entitled To A Deferred Bonus Upon Termination
Employers and employees may agree to defer the payment of an employee's bonus upon the occurrence of a certain triggering [...]
BC Employers Must Include Pay In Job Postings From November 1, 2023
The BC Pay Transparency Act(the Act) came into force on May 11, 2023. As of November 1, 2023, employers will be [...]
Pay Transparency Compliance Game Plan
The new pay transparency laws and the 4 things you must do to comply with them. Pay transparency has become [...]
Naloxone for Workplace Opioid Overdose Compliance Game Plan
Keeping a naloxone kit at your workplace can save lives—and ensure compliance if you’re in Ontario. The opioid crisis is having a devastating impact on Canadians, especially in the western and northern parts of the country. There were 19,355 opioid-related deaths in Canada between Jan. 2016 and Sept. 2020.
The 2022 Ontario HR Compliance Yearbook – Special Report
What makes 2022 so different from other HR compliance years is where the action took place. In a typical year, [...]
The Top 11 HR Compliance Cases of 2022 & How They Affect You – Special Report
Here are what we at HR Insider believe to be the 11 most significant cases of 2022, along with a [...]
The Top 11 HR Compliance Cases of 2022 & How They Affect You
The court cases most likely to directly affect your HR program and what to do about each. While new legislation and regulations draw most of the attention, case law generates many if not most of the significant new developments in HR and employment law each year. Such was the case in 2022.
Open Work Permits For International Graduate Students
Key Points Canada introduced a new policy that will allow recent international graduates with expiring temporary status to apply for [...]
OK to Use Surveillance Tape to Prove Worker Faked Her Injuries
An avionics installation worker got fired for faking the injuries she supposedly suffered as a result of slipping on black [...]
Arbitrator Upholds Mandatory 3-Dose Vaccine Policy
Having lost its case against the previous 2-dose mandatory COVID vaccination policy, the union challenged the new 3-dose policy that [...]
Employer Must Consider Other Jobs for Disabled Probationary Employees
The union cried foul when an employer dismissed a disabled probationary correctional officer after determining that he wasn’t medically capable [...]