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Disability management: Ignoring employee absences may prove costly for...
A while back, the Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) came out with a study that found while workplace absenteeism continues to rise, Canadian employers take a “relaxed” approach to tracking employee...
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Psychological health & safety in the workplace: Now more important than ever
As of January 2013, Canada is now the first country in the world to adopt a national standard for mental health in the workplace. Several health and safety and human rights legislation across Canada...
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2014 compensation forecast: Salary budgets projected to hold steady or go lower Annual projections of pay increases for 2014 by Hay Group, WorldatWork, Mercer, Morneau Shepell, Aon Hewitt, Towers...
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The business case for banishing the winter blues at work
Is it spring yet? For some people, cold weather and lack of sunshine can trigger a type of depression more serious than winter blahs. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and other mental illnesses are...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk CPP 2016 rates The Canada Pension Plan rates for 2016 were published on November 2, 2015 by the Canada Revenue Agency as follows… Avoid a toxic...
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Video cameras in the workplace – The Vigi Santé Ltée decision: The Court of...
The presence of video cameras in the workplace, as well as other measures of surveillance put in place by employers, have generated considerable commentary in recent years in Quebec. Administrative and...
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The Canadian Human Rights Commission publishes Impaired at Work: A guide to...
The national epidemic of opioid abuse and overdoses is almost a daily feature in news media. Meanwhile, recent figures indicate that prescriptions for painkillers continue to increase in Canada. It is...
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A six step guide to employee recognition
Have you ever wondered how you could implement an employee recognition program and why you would need one? Employees are a company’s most valuable asset and should be recognized for all the work they...
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Protecting employees from third-party harassment
All Ontario employers have a duty to protect employees from workplace harassment. These protections are set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”). For instance, OHSA requires that...
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How foreign nationals can legally avoid Ontario’s foreign buyer tax
On April 21, 2017, the Ontario Government implemented the Non-Resident Speculation Tax, or foreign buyer tax. There are ways around it for foreign nationals, but it’s complicated. On April 20, 2017,...
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Les entreprises fédérales qui effectuent des travaux de construction ne sont...
Les dispositions du chapitre XI de la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail (la LSST) touchant aux chantiers de construction et à la maîtrise d’œuvre des chantiers sont-elles constitutionnellement...
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Federal undertakings involved in construction projects are not subject to a...
Are the provisions of chapter XI of the Act respecting Occupational Health and Safety (the Act), pertaining to construction sites and principal contractors, constitutionally applicable to federal...
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PHIPA fines in the workplace
This spring the largest penalty to date was issued under Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). A social work student was convicted of accessing personal health information...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. Employee loses appeal regarding entitlement for chronic pain disability In the following matter, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance...
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Must you include bonuses when calculating lost wages?
An employee who has been dismissed without cause is entitled to damages based on the income that individual would have earned during a period of reasonable notice. “Reasonable notice” will differ from...
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What you don’t know can hurt you: A new wave of WSIB claims for chronic...
On May 17, 2017, Bill 127 (Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act) received Royal Assent. The Bill modified the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act to allow WSIB benefits for workers who suffer from chronic...
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Court comments on when employers can ask for an independent medical examination
Ontario’s Divisional Court recently confirmed that employers have a right to ask employees to undergo an Independent Medical Examination (“IME”) in certain circumstances, to facilitate the...
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Dishonesty in hiring process constitutes cause for dismissal
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has confirmed that, in certain scenarios, an employee’s dishonesty in the hiring process will constitute cause for dismissal. The defendant...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. Employer wrongly relied on probation clause to retract offer of employment The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently found that an employer...
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Ontario Court of Appeal enforces simple probation clause
Employers generally owe their employees common law reasonable notice upon termination without cause. However, if the parties agree to a probation period in an employment contract, the right to common...
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