Do You Shoot First and Ask Questions Later?

Joe Moore   We make assumptions all the time. You see yellow lines across the factory floor and assume it’s safe to walk there. A colleague...

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What’s My Boss Thinking When I…?

Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton  What have you done for your boss lately? Ever picked up a cup of coffee for her on your way...

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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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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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Positive Workplace Politics with Your Boss

By Margaret Morford It’s a simple, real-world fact. A fact most people still do not “get.” Today, most people lose their job not because they...

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