BC’s 14 protected grounds of discrimination
The Federal government, along with every province and territory in Canada, has human rights legislation prohibiting discrimination on grounds such as race, gender and disability in a number of public environments.
Occasional Contributors
The ISACA has traded in COBIT 5 for COBIT 2019 (Part 3 of 3)
The ISACA has traded in the 7-year old COBIT 5 for COBIT 2019. This is the last of a 3-part series examining this change. Read part 1 here and part 2 here.
Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons)
Duty to accommodate may be triggered even when employee does not request accommodation
As we all know, employers are required to accommodate individuals to the point of “undue hardship” where the need for accommodation relates to a ground protected by human rights legislation, such as disability.
Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation
The ISACA has traded in COBIT 5 for COBIT 2019 (part 2 of 3)
The ISACA has traded in the 7-year-old COBIT 5 for COBIT 2019. This is the second of a 3-part series exploring COBIT 2019.
Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons)
Bad behaviour and termination
The gut reaction of most employers when they have to deal with an employee who has behaved in an outrageous fashion is to terminate the employee in question without much inquiry into the background of the conduct.
Occasional Contributors
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March 26, 2019
The ISACA has traded in COBIT 5 for COBIT 2019 (Part 1 of 3)
The ISACA has traded in the 7-year-old COBIT 5 for COBIT 2019. This 3-part article explains COBIT 2019, based on published ISACA guidance.
Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons)
Negligent misrepresentations during the interview process
The BC Court of Appeal decision in Feldstein v. 364 Northern Development Corporation provided employers with a reminder that negligent misrepresentation during the hiring process can prove to be a costly mistake.
De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors
Differences between executive and non-executive employment contracts
Executive employment contracts are drafted, unusually, in favor of the employee, rather than the employer as is the case in 99% of all non-executive employment contracts. This is not unreasonable, however.
Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law
It’s almost year end; avoid cut-off errors
Cut-off errors are common and it is important that you avoid them, particularly at year end when one fiscal year will be closed and finalized for the external audit or as a precursor to starting the new fiscal year.
Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA,CGA, FCCA, Bsc (Hons)
