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)
Remembrance Day, a public holiday for some, memorial day for others
Remembrance Day falls on Sunday, November 11 in 2018. Although Remembrance Day was declared a legal holiday like Canada Day and Victoria Day under the federal Holidays Act on March 1, 2018, provinces and territories determine which days are public holidays in their regions.
Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor
Record human rights damage award for injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect: AB v Joe Singer Shoes Limited
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded a record $200,000 as a human rights damage award in the case of AB v Joe Singer Shoes Limited, where the employee suffered injury to dignity, feelings and self-respect resulting from repeated sexual assault and harassment.
De Bousquet PC Barristers and Solicitors
Changing one’s mind about retirement
May an employee who has resigned her position of employment by way of a notice of retirement later rescind her written notice of retirement? If so, under what conditions may she do so?
Sean Bawden
When should an employer conduct a workplace investigation?
Under the common law, and specifically under Sections 25(2)(h) and 32.0.5 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario), every employer has a duty to conduct a workplace investigation after an incident of workplace violence has allegedly occurred. In other words, if an employer gets a complaint about violence at work, or if the employer witnesses violence at work, it must conduct an investigation.
Jeff Dutton, Dutton Employment Law
