Can employers prevent workplace suicide?
I was recently reading an issue of SafetyNewsAlert, which indicated that there were over 20 attempted suicides over one year in a single Chinese technology factory—one that manufactures products for...
View ArticleUpdate on the poor working conditions at Apple’s factories in China
Image: www.bbc.co.uk In a previous FR Talks post, we discussed alleged poor working conditions found at Apple Inc.’s factories in China. Since then, at the request of certain parties, the Fair Labour...
View ArticleSupervisor circulated pornography, damaged employment relationship,...
When a workplace supervisor accessed pornographic, racist and other inappropriate material via a work computer and circulated it to employees and employer contacts, the employer had just cause to...
View ArticleThe low-down on workplace gossip
A recent poll from recruitment marketing firm Employment Office has revealed that most employees don’t appreciate office gossip. In fact, a surprising 63 percent feel that a colleague has taken gossip...
View ArticleDial “D” for dismissal: Employee fired after “pocket-dial”
Most people have received (or sent) a “pocket-dial”, which is an unintentional cell phone call that is made by a phone when it is in a person’s pocket. In a recent decision from Alberta, an employee’s...
View ArticleLes 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...
View ArticleFederal 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...
View ArticlePHIPA 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...
View ArticleThree popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
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...
View ArticleMust 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleCourt 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...
View ArticleDishonesty 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...
View ArticleThree popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
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...
View ArticleOntario 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...
View ArticleSummarizing WSIB’s proposed Rate Framework, part 3
This week, Clear Path Employer Services provides us with the final part of their 3-part series, Summarizing WSIB’s proposed Rate Framework. Part three – Employer level premium rate adjustments This...
View ArticlePeopleInsight’s top 5 blogs (so far) on workforce analytics
PeopleInsight’s top 5 blog posts on workforce analytics cover the newest HR tech, workforce analytics in the realm of talent acquisition, and DIY analytics. There’s only a few short weeks left of...
View ArticleA primer on undue hardship and frustration of contract
This blog post provides a primer on the state of undue harship and frustration of contract under Ontario’s Human Rights Code. Quick facts The Plaintiff Darren Nason developed problems with his arms and...
View ArticleSloan v. Just Energy Corporation: Pregnancy and fairness under the Code
The Code protects employees from discrimination based on various protected grounds. One of the more difficult of these may be pregnancy, as often the question becomes not whether or not the applicant...
View ArticleWHMIS 2015 inspections starting October 1, 2017 – Are you ready?
From October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, federal Hazardous Products Act Officers from several provincial or territorial occupational health and safety branches will be conducting WHMIS 2015...
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