It may not be a crime but secretly taping co-workers and managers can be just cause to terminate Employees can turn into spies, especially when they feel like you’re mistreating [...]
One of the trickiest challenges faced by payroll is distinguishing between employees and independent contractors. Here’s a scenario illustrating the factors that apply in the context of determining whether employment [...]
How well do you understand the concepts of diversity and inclusion? Diversity isn’t the same thing as avoiding discrimination. Human rights laws simply require you to tolerate people of different [...]
Workplace harassment can occur away from the office and after work hours. Consider the following scenario. SITUATION Four female employees are the victim of offensive and highly inappropriate conduct at [...]
Send employees with COVID-19 symptoms home, regardless of their vaccination status. There’s been some confusion about what employers should do when one of their employees exhibits symptoms of COVID-19. The [...]
It depends on whether employees refuse due to a disability or personal preference. Getting the COVID-19 vaccination is still a personal choice. But as the delta variant wreaks devastation, more [...]
Federal employees get whichever minimum wage is the highest. Once upon a time, there was no such thing as a federal minimum wage. Airlines, railways, telecoms and other federally regulated [...]
Requiring employees for youth criminal records may be okay if convictions are related to job duties. SITUATION Theft is a constant concern at a clothing store where unsupervised employees have [...]
Ontario court OKs constructive dismissal lawsuit of employee on Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL). Temporary layoff provisions in employment standards laws are designed to save jobs by enabling employers to [...]
If you permit employees to work overtime, you must pay for them. SITUATION Myra Ward is a billing clerk at the I.C. Bones Radiology Clinic. She works a 40-hour schedule, [...]
