Change in leadership is an unavoidable fact of life for all organizations. The key to ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption to business operations and values is to establish [...]
Accommodating employee mental health issues is even more crucial in a pandemic world In any given week, at least 500,000 Canadians are unable to work due to mental health problems. [...]
ABC Company is committed to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of all of its employees. ABC Company also recognizes that mental health is a crucial factor in employees’ overall [...]
New Ontario laws ban engaging with employees after normal working hours. A new kind of employment standard law is coming into vogue, one that gives employees the right to be [...]
Establish clear ground rules when letting employees work from home. Letting employees work remotely from home offers organizations significant benefits, like lower overhead, equipment and other costs, the capacity to [...]
You must give employees unpaid leave for jury duty. Canadian citizens have a civic duty to attend court, participate in jury selection and serve as jurors if they’re selected to [...]
Here’s a template of a policy providing for the immediate removal of workers who are impaired by drugs, alcohol or other substances, based on a model published by the Northwest [...]
Although courts have yet to weigh in on the issue, regulatory guidelines indicate that employers may follow the lead of some provincial governments and implement COVID-19 vaccination passport policies requiring [...]
Harassment-wise, the virtual meeting has become the digital equivalent to the holiday office party. Far from eliminating workplace harassment, telecommuting has only caused it to morph into digital forms. As [...]
A template you can use to create a new leave policy or vet your current one. Caring for an elderly parent care or other close family member who’s on the [...]
New ESA leave rights apply to COVID-19 and other infectious disease emergencies. In response to the pandemic, Ontario adopted a new Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) covering not just the [...]
A template for creating a legally compliant COVID leave policy. Since the pandemic began, all but 2 jurisdictions (Northwest Territories and Nunavut) have revised their employment standards laws to give [...]
To ensure that key functions within the XYZ Co’s business can be conducted from employees’ homes or, other remote locations is the purpose of this statement of Policy and Procedure.
Get right to use software to monitor productivity of employees who work from home. Letting employees telecommute poses significant HR challenges to organizations, not the least of which is ensuring [...]
Although it’s not currently required (except in Saskatchewan; BC has also provided for vaccination leave but it’s unpaid), organizations might want to offer their employees paid time off so they [...]
OHS laws require employers to implement measures to prevent workplace harassment and resolve incidents that occur. Here’s a template you can adapt for your own workplace. Caveat: This template is [...]
HR laws are changing fast--ensure your key policies are up to date and legally sound. The pandemic may have distracted attention from key employment law and societal changes taking place [...]
Ensuring employees come to work on time and being able to hold them accountable if they don't. Tardiness costs Canadian businesses about $3,600 per employee per year in lost productivity [...]
As the pandemic drags on, businesses that remain open must be scrupulous to ensure employees maintain social distancing—both at and away from the workplace. Here’s a template of a policy [...]
Resignation procedures can prevent surprises, employment standards violations and constructive dismissal. Establishing procedures for voluntary resignation can minimize surprises and the disruption of resignations, ensure compliance with employment standards violations [...]
The centerpiece of your effort to curb social media abuses is to establish and consistently enforce a social networking policy that addresses these activities. Make sure your policy is realistic. [...]
How would your HR policies rank in an external audit? Do you have all the core policies your organization requires for the new 2021 normal? And if so, when is [...]
The right policy is crucial to ensuring fair, consistent and productive performance review. Every organization should have a system for regularly evaluating employees’ performance. While such policies can be quite [...]
A template federally regulated employers can use to comply with Bill C-65.
Enhanced cleaning and disinfection is crucial to a COVID-19 exposure control plan.
Managing the health, safety, productivity and liability risks of kids in the workplace. One way employers can support the parental needs of employees with young children is to allow them [...]
A template you can adapt if you require employees to get a flu or COVID-19 shot. Vaccination is the most effective defense against flu viruses. So, it behooves you to [...]
A template you can adapt when offering employees flu or COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccination is the most effective defense against flu viruses. So, it behooves you to ensure that your employees [...]
A template for testing either instead of or in addition to mandatory vaccination. More and more provinces are requiring government workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But current vaccine mandates [...]
Don't use genetic information to make hiring and employment decisions. POLICY STATEMENT In recognition of the fact that genetic information about individuals is irrelevant to their current ability to work, [...]
