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Negative employment references
What can employers do to prevent negative employment references from turning into defamation actions? A fear of defamation actions has prompted many employers to shy away from providing references for...
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With the new Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 coming into force, new provisions have been put into place. One such provision is the right to request a change to work schedule or location. What...
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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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On 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 been “increasing...
View ArticleCanada’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...
View ArticleThree popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with Statistics Canada 2013 study on hours worked and labour productivity; Bardal factors; and, the award of punitive damages for failure to...
View ArticleThe 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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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with unjust dismissal; termination due to pregnancy; and, October 2014 labour force survey. Continue reading Three popular articles this week on...
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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with scheduling work on Sundays; AODA employment standard; and unincorporated self-employment. Continue reading Three popular articles this week on...
View ArticleLand 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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The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with dismissal without cause in the federally regulated sector; how an employer is allowed to discipline an employee for a discriminatory...
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