Legal Ease – What’s So Personal About Employees’ Whereabouts?

    Robert Smithson    About the Author:                   The advent of personal information legislation across Canada has provided employees with a mechanism to challenge their employer’s monitoring of their...

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Employee Dismissals and LinkedIn Recommendations

Chilwin Cheng Recently, someone asked me whether they could sue their employer after they were dismissed and the employer provided them with a good reference...

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Legal Ease – Lap Dancing Saga Grinds to a Close

  By Robert Smithson      For two Winnipeg teachers, the last several months have surely been an excruciating and humiliating experience.  If they were ever going to...

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Legal Ease – No Pint of Beer at Lunch For You!

  By Robert Smithson      According a recent article by Randy Shore, published in the Vancouver Sun, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) has implemented a...

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Legal Ease – Blacklisting Liars, Losers, and Misfits

By Robert Smithson      According to the Globe & Mail, employers and recruiters are assembling a “blacklist” of people considered unfit for hiring.  Apparently, if you...

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Legal Ease – Well, Don’t Worry About It!

By Robert Smithson      A few weeks ago, a former U.S. fighter pilot named Kermit Tyler died at the age of 96.  It was what he...

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Legal Ease – Is Unlimited Vacation a Recipe for Business Success?

By Robert Smithson  A recent Globe & Mail article told of some companies which have adopted an unlimited vacation policy for certain employees.  This strikes...

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Legal Ease – Score One Point for Common Sense in the Human Rights Setting

By Robert Smithson  The B.C. Court of Appeal recently upheld the premise that perceiving a person to not have a disability does not constitute discrimination. ...

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