Our Canadian employers may be interested that on November 3, 2014, Doug MacLeod of The MacLeod Law Firm in Toronto will be co-hosting a seminar on managing disabled employees.
As
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In a prior post we noted that if you take out the racial, sexual, age or other protected class aspect of workplace harassment and hostile work environment, you get, simply,
Continue Reading Bullying Laws Necessary For A Civil And Inclusive Workplace: A Canadian’s View
The need to accommodate disabled employees is well-established in the US. The same is true in Canada.
A very helpful article was published by Carissa Tanzola of the Toronto law
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We have written before about the US EEOC targeting employers who are alleged to have harassed and/or discriminated against “the most vulnerable” workers, such as farm and non-English
The Toronto Globe and Mail published a short article about age discrimination in Canada, cases of which are on the rise (as they are in the US). “With mandatory retirement
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In our recent post we reported that “Participating in sexual banter that was the norm in the “sexualized environment” of Sleep Country mattress stores in British Columbia cost an employee
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We came across this great article by Maria Valente Fernandes and Justine Laurier of the Quebec law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP which sets out a simple checklist on
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We have blogged before about allergies and whether under the ADA an employer has an obligation to make reasonable accommodations for an allergic employee.
For instance, we reported on a
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Ontario employers beware: owners and managers of a defunct corporation may be personally liable under the Human Rights Code for damages awarded against the corporation.
We thank the law
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An excellent, succinct blog post by Earl Phillips of the law firm of McCarthy Tétrault LLP sets forth nine requirements which British Columbia employers must meet to be in compliance
Continue Reading British Columbia: Get Ready For New Harassment and Bullying Policies