Payroll Information Keeping Requirements
What pay information each jurisdiction requires you to keep on your employees
Requesting Return-to-Work Medical Info ≠ Constructive Dismissal
A grain company employee seeking to return to work after a long medical absence for an illness allegedly due to grain dust produced a handwritten note from his family doctor proclaiming him “capable of returning.”
Stronger Protection against Retaliation Under the Human Rights Code
Stronger protection against retaliation under the Human Rights Code took effect retroactively to May 14, 2015.
The Superintendent of Pensions Issued a Report
The Superintendent of Pensions issued a report profiling the different types of BC defined benefit pension plans, their designs and investment profiles.
New Grads Choosing to Stay and Work in Province
More community college grads are staying in the province and working in their field of study, according to a new government sponsored study conducted by an independent research company.
How To Discipline Cyber-Snooping Employees
Employers should be prepared to take appropriate disciplinary action against employees who snoop into personal information.
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Top 5 Mistakes Employers Make When Dismissing Employees
Dismissing an employee is never an easy exercise for an employer. Here we look at the top five mistakes employers make when terminating an employee's employment.
How To Create A Tax-Efficient Will
Every will has an unnamed beneficiary. Here are a number of strategies and tactics you can use to make your will tax efficient and to ensure your beneficiaries get the bulk of your estate, not the CRA.
Do Injured Employees Have the Right to Return to Work?
This article explains 3 potential sources of an employer’s duty to implement a RTW program for injured employees
Should You Say Good Bye to your Organization’s Management Structure?
According to a former IT CEO turned author and business management consultant, Brian J. Robertson, business management has not changed much since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
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Does Size Matter When It Comes To Recruiting and Hiring Talent?
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Does Size Matter When It Comes To Recruiting and Hiring Talent?
Different techniques small and medium-sized business can use when competing to recruit talent
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5 Steps For Helping Coworkers Resolve Workplace Disputes
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5 Steps For Helping Coworkers Resolve Workplace Disputes
Do some digging and help employees gain new perspectives to resolve and avoid co-worker conflicts in the future
A Rare Success For Employers: An Employee’s Failure To Mitigate
When an employee brings a wrongful dismissal action, it is prudent to include an allegation that the employee failed to mitigate his/her damages in the employer's defense, even if this argument is rarely successful.
Data Protection Agreements
Outsourcing and sub-contracting often make good sense from a business perspective. However, when an organization transfers personal information ("PI") about customers, employees or other individuals to a third party, it remains responsible for protecting such PI and ensuring that it is handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws.