The University of Waterloo is bumping the salaries of its female faculty members by close to $3,000 after an internal review found they were being paid less than their male coworkers.
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Read More →In my last post to this blog I extolled the virtues of a benefit communications policy for HR professionals who communicate pensions and benefits to fellow employees. I pointed out that years of benefit miscommunication has an overwhelming impact on an organization’s potential legal liability. I also highlighted the
Read More →In a decision which returns us to what many thought was the status quo, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that, (save for exempt employees), the unjust dismissal scheme in the Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) does not permit federally regulated employers to dismiss employees without cause once they
Read More →As we previously reported, the amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act introduced by Ontario’s Sexual Violence and Harassment Legislation, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to sexual violence, sexual harassment, domestic violence and related matters, come into force on September 8, 2016.
By way of reminder,
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Read More →When was the last time you thought about pension plan governance? Or reviewed your pension governance policies? It would be great if your answer is “recently”. However, if you’re like many organizations whose answer is “I can’t remember” or “a while ago”, then you need to be aware of the
Read More →Effective July 1, 2016, the Customer Service Standard Regulation will be revoked. An expanded Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation will include all standards, including customer service requirements.
Following public consultations, there are certain changes to the accessible customer service standard:
Training Required for ALL Employees
The primary change is with respect to the
Read More →One of the more confusing issues that employers deal with is what to do in the face a request for a reference letter by a departing employee. While dealing with a reference letter for a stellar employee is easy, the task becomes more difficult when determining what to do with
Read More →Retirement savings in this country has been a hot topic of late, and yesterday evening in Vancouver the federal government and (most of) the provinces announced that they have reached a deal to expand the Canada Pension Plan. The deal must be approved by July 15 of this year.
The proposed
Read More →You’ve terminated an employee without cause, what do you owe them? It may be more than you think.
As a starting position, employees are entitled to compensation for what they would have earned during a reasonable period of notice, unless that right is limited by specific agreement. This includes all elements
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