National Occupational Classification, 2011
The structure of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 has changed and is replacing Statistics Canada’s National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006 and Human...
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In a previous post we indicated that the structure of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 had changed and is replacing Statistics Canada’s National Occupational Classification for...
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Employment insurance sweeping reforms
Image: www.thestar.com Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development recently announced that the ministry is making significant changes to the employment insurance system to ensure...
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Possibility of temporary layoffs must be included in employment contract The Ontario Superior Court of Justice just confirmed that when an employer attempted to temporarily lay off an employee of 12...
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Canadian unretirement
With recent changes to Canada’s old age security pension, Canadians and retirement have been in the spotlight. According to Scotiabank’s annual investment poll, over 30 percent of Canadians plan to...
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Land on free parking, expect to pay
In Monopoly, landing on free parking is simply a safe place to land. Many people, however, play under rules which allow anyone landing on free parking to collect the “pot” in the middle of the board....
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Older baby boomers’ stable careers may mean early retirements These days, a common question is when are the baby boomers going to start retiring and free up their jobs for the next generations?...
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Use of Kijiji in jobs report highlights its unreliability as a recruitment...
Image: kijiji.comOn February 11, 2014, Finance Canada released its 54-page “Jobs Report” alongside the Federal Budget. In that report, the Canadian Government claimed that Canada’s job vacancy rate had...
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Canada’s wage journey Infographic: Ten years of minimum wage and its history
Minimum wage is ever increasing. In light of the 2014 minimum wage increases in several provinces and territories in Canada, we wanted to take a look back at the journey of minimum wage in our country...
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Court looked at more than Bardal factors when awarding reasonable notice The Supreme Court of British Columbia awarded a terminated employee reasonable termination notice by considering elements other...
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The older job applicant: Human Rights considerations
The number of workers over the age of 65 has significantly increased in recent years, and a survey by Towers Watson found that one-third of all respondents and 42 percent of older workers have decided...
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Employee did not report to work. Was the dismissal unjust? A British Columbia labour arbitrator decided that after an employee did not report to work, an employer had just and reasonable cause to...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk No reprisal for continuing to schedule Sunday shifts A recent Ontario ruling confirmed that an employer has the right to scheduled shifts on a...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. Employment Insurance rate change for 2018 The recently released Employment Insurance Actuarial Report confirms the 2018 EI rate and maximum...
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The basics of the WSIB’s NEER system
Understanding the basics about the WSIB’s NEER financial system is a challenge for many employers. With limited time available to prepare for the upcoming implementation of the new Rate Framework,...
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Keeping abreast of discriminatory dress codes
Ironically, on the day after Hugh Hefner dies, I am writing about breasts – specifically, women’s breasts. And even though Hefner’s empire made gazillions of dollars exposing women’s breasts to the...
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SCC upholds dismissal of employee for failing to disclose cocaine use in...
The no free accident rule is designed to encourage safety by encouraging employees with substance abuse problems to come forward and obtain treatment before their problems compromise safety. In Stewart...
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Proposed privacy breach of security safeguards under PIPEDA
On September 2, 2017, the proposed regulations under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) were published in Part I of the Canada Gazette and interested stakeholders...
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Articles may require log in credentials to HRinfodesk. The Remembrance Day Bill close to being enacted On June 21, 2017, Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), passed third...
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The fork in the road: after-acquired cause for dismissal
In Canada, employers can dismiss employees in one of two ways: with cause or without cause. If an employer dismisses an employee without cause, and then later discovers that they had been stealing from...
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