Legal Ease – Getting Back to Basics With Employment Contracts

  By Robert Smithson As time passes in the world of the employment relationship, many aspects of the law seem to change.  Governments change statutes and...

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Supreme Court of Canada Limits Employers’ Duty to Accommodate

By Christina Catenacci On July 17, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada released a decision on the limits of an employer's duty to accommodate a...

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Conflicts Over Vacation Time Are No Days At the Beach For Employers

By J. Geoffrey Howard Lisa, your best employee, tells you on November 18 that she just won two tickets to Mexico as a raffle prize...

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Sick Leave Diagnosis: Open Communications a Healthy Prescription for Employers

By J. Geoffrey Howard Your whole project team has been working flat out for two weeks to meet a critical client deadline. James, of the...

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Legal Ease – Employers Taking Risk Appealing Employment Insurance Decisions

By Robert Smithson Pretty much the first thing a fired employee does is to apply for employment insurance benefits.  When the employee has been fired...

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Employment Contracts: Can you spot the pitfalls and risks?

By Graeme McFarlane From an ambiguous policy manual to unclear provisions for termination, contractual terms can leave an employer vulnerable and liable. Know the...

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