Facebook: The New Office Water Cooler

By Ryan McFarlane With websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, Linkedln, LiveJournal, MySpace, Delicious, Digg, Youtube, etc, our daily montage of comments, observations, celebrations,...

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Are Your Employees a Liability?

By Robert Smithson A recent family vacation in Hawaii gave me a reason to think about liability waivers. What I thought was that, no matter...

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Properly Implemented Employment Contracts Save Money

By Robert Smithson January is a great time of year for employers to focus on the basics of the employment relationship. A cornerstone of that...

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When Leaders Leave: The Case For (& Against) Covenants

By Graeme McFarlane When corporations are faced with challenges, most often they look to their executive team for leadership. These individuals are often highly remunerated...

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Legal Ease: Using Facebook for Disrespectful, Damaging and Derogatory Purposes

By Robert Smithson  Employees’ use of social media websites, such as Facebook, to make negative comments about their employer has become a real headache. It seems...

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Legal Ease – When Terminating for Cause, Measure Twice and Cut Once

By Robert Smithson It is a rare employer who is not aware of its employees’ entitlement to reasonable working notice of termination (or pay in...

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Legal Ease – Paying Canada’s Debt to War Veterans

By Robert Smithson One statistic I saw recently indicated that 60 per cent of Canada’s war veterans are not receiving the full range of benefits...

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Survey: Canadian Workers Becoming More Litigious

The majority of Canadian HR professionals believe workers have become more litigious in recent years and fear the trend will continue over the next...

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