Top stories this week for HR professionals, business leaders and employment lawyers include:
• WorkSafe NB’s vaccination mandate did not violate collective agreement: Arbitrator
• The FTC wants to ban employers in U.S. from using non-compete clauses on workers
• Settlement reached in CIBC unpaid overtime class-action lawsuits
• ‘Lost in the mists of time’: Case of Nova Scotia construction worker puts spotlight on fact they’re not entitled to termination pay
• Opinion: What’s taking Canada’s Armed Forces so long to tackle sexual misconduct?
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Top stories for human resources professionals and employment lawyers this week include:
• Construction worker awarded workers’ comp for on-the-job heart attack
• IPC upholds City of Windsor’s decision to withhold complaint letter from worker
• Workers’ comp benefits for mental health awarded to Alberta woman harassed by foreman
• HR Law Canada sat down with ChatGPT, the powerful AI tool, to discuss employment law
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It's been a fun first year covering Canadian employment law cases for HR professionals, employment lawyers and business leaders.
As we head into the new year, we take one last look back at 2022 - and unveil the 10 most viewed stories of the year.
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Top stories for human resources professionals and employment lawyers this week include:
• Construction worker, punched in testicles by boss, awarded nearly $250,000 in damages
• Ontario providing free naloxone kits in workplaces
• Painter fired (again) just two days after returning to Northwood Care on a last-chance agreement
• Elon Musk’s archaic management style prioritizes profit over people
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Top stories this week for human resources professionals and employment lawyers include:
• Worker’s secret audio recording of conversation with bosses OK: Alberta court
• Bell Canada tries to force hearing off Zoom to in-person, but arbitrator says no
• Infographic: The Bardal factors, used in calculating reasonable notice, explained
• Claim for $5,000 in damages to company dump-truck tossed by small-claims court
• Workers supporting survivors of gender-based violence are demanding change
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Top stories on HRLawCanada.com this week for employment lawyers and HR professionals include:
• Pandemic did not nullify all employment contracts at pub, says B.C. court
• Alberta worker awarded more than $400,000 after being let go during pandemic, oil decline
• Ontario judge tosses out termination clause that specified no notice for just cause dismissal
• $30,000 in legal costs awarded to worker in settled case, court criticizes aggressive defence
• Air Canada worker awarded 24 months’ notice following COVID-related termination.
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Top stories this week from HR Law Canada include:
This week’s top stories include:
• Can you quit without actually submitting a resignation letter? Yes, rules labour board
• Clumsy, expletive-filled meeting a bad idea, but didn’t warrant punitive damages
• Employers can’t be vicariously liable for sexual harassment, Ontario court confirms. Lawyers from Loopstra Nixon LLP break down the recent ruling.
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Top stories from HR Law Canada this week include:
• Housing executive fired for sexually harassing job candidate during interview process
• Sales executive was employee, not contractor, Ontario court rules in awarding nearly $65,000
• B.C. holding roundtables with gig workers as it considers employment standards changes
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Top stories from HR Law Canada this week include:
• Woman awarded $50,000 in damages by tribunal after being touched on breast during business trip
• Companies are increasingly tracking eye movements — but is it ethical?
• Valid severance clause in employment contract limits B.C. worker’s termination pay: Tribunal
• Why Québec politicians must swear an oath to the King — even if they don’t want to
• Five new commissioners appointed to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
Visit https://hrlawcanada.com/ for these stories and more.
Top stories for employers and HR professionals this week include:
• Courier driver, fired after just one shift, awarded three weeks’ pay
• Pay equity: What happens when a job evolves from male-dominated to female-dominated? Recent ruling involving Toronto Metropolitan University
• Nova Scotia labour board dismisses worker’s vaccine appeal after employer drops mandate.
• #MeToo in space: We must address potential for sexual harassment, assault away from Earth
This week's top stories include:
• Oracle’s ‘just cause’ termination clause tossed for being too broad.
• Ontario employers now required to have electronic monitoring policies.
• B.C. Supreme Court deducts CERB payments from notice period
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