Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Warns Against Making a Replacement Employee...
Rubin Thomlinson LLP This article is brought to you by Wolters Kluwer CCH’s HR Connected. Introduction Accommodating employees in the workplace can be a challenging process; and these challenges can be...
View ArticleProbationary Employees: Three Things Every Employer Needs to Know
Ryan Edmonds Workplace Counsel The law surrounding probationary employees is deceptively complex. Typically thought of as a period when an employer can terminate “just ‘cuz” (that is, without needing...
View ArticleMental Stress Provisions of Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 Declared...
Rubin Thomlinson Introduction In a recent decision that could have a significant impact on Ontario employers, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (“WSIAT”, or the “Tribunal”)...
View ArticleThree New Leaves for Ontario Workers to Take Effect October 29, 2014
McMillan LLP Last August, we advised of proposed amendments to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000, SO 2000, c. 41 (“ESA”), that would establish three new leaves for Ontario employees: • Family...
View ArticleBack to School…Cue the Family Status Accommodation Requests?
Ryan Edmonds Workplace Counsel Introduction With the new school year starting, employers are almost certain to begin receiving requests from employees to leave early in order to pick up their children...
View ArticleCoworking Part 4: Managing Employees
Koldorf Stam LLP In my recent blog posts, I discussed the emerging importance of coworking spaces in the post-industrial workforce and some of the risks around data security and privacy, as well as...
View ArticleHow to Fire an Employee
Koldorf Stam LLP Yes, this is a crummy subject, for both sides of the issue. I have yet to meet an employer or HR person who looks forward to that awkward meeting, where they need to pull the plug....
View ArticleHuman Rights During the Job Interview
Koldorf Stam LLP Most companies know which are some of the obviously dangerous questions to ask during a job interview. Are you planning to have children (i.e. many expensive parental leaves)? Do you...
View ArticleEmployment contracts (whether you like them or not)
Koldorf Stam LLP Last August, our new law firm was half a year old. After a decade of practicing law in other peoples’ firms, I have to say, being the owner of the business is even better than I had...
View ArticleUS versus Canadian Workplaces
Koldorf Stam LLP Unlike many other areas of the law, employment and human rights law lets me dig into cultural differences, individual perceptions of reality, and some of the universal truths that...
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