Over the past couple of years the conversation about changing the traditional ways employee performance is measured and rewarded has been a hot topic. Many organizations are doing away with their models of annual performance reviews tied to promotion and financial rewards.
An organization fired its communications director for making a series
In Aug., a court reminded us that termination is simpler
In Aug., the BC, Alberta and federal privacy commissioners issued
This is the second of a two part series on recruiting, hiring and working with Immigrant employees. Part one included information to ensure your screening and interview processes are fair to immigrant candidate. Part two focuses on onboarding and working with your new immigrant employees
Many legal consequences must be considered during a painstaking business restructuring process, especially those that are related to labour relations. More importantly, what implications does this have on estranged employees? In order to answer this question, we determine whether the relevant situation should occur in a unionized environment or not.
In a recent trial the judge found that the duty to act honestly requires an employer to consider the contractual interests of its employees when determining what an employee is owed upon termination. In doing so, the trial judge awarded damages for incentive payments in a manner that goes far beyond the traditional approach.
This is the first of a two part series on recruiting, hiring and working with Immigrant employees. Part one today includes information to ensure your screening and interview processes are fair to immigrant candidates and part two focuses on onboarding and working with your new immigrant employees.
Return to work scenarios remain challenging for many employers because of the complex laws and some challenging medical issues that often arise in most cases. Join Labour lawyer Kevin MacNeil for webinar on a brief review of key return-to-work principles.
A director planning to return from sick leave was suspended with pay. Why, and for how long, he asked. Receiving no answers, he figured he was no longer wanted and sued.
A Supreme Court of Canada case in July shed light
A home care aide who came to work drunk acknowledged
After many years of faithful service, a 65-year-old school bus
The Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled that a plant had