June 21, 2012 by Content Editor in Uncategorized
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New podcast: Personnel selection leave with pay

21/6/2012Your Collective Agreement Explained Episode 17 looks at Article 42.01 - Personnel selection leave with pay. Language English News and Events: General Updates

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June 19, 2012 by Adrian Miedema in English, Ontario, Wrongful Dismissal
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“Eleventh Hour Claim of Just Cause” Rejected by Court: Witnesses “Tailored” Evidence

An Ontario judge has rejected a just cause defence raised by an employer two and a half years after the […]

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June 19, 2012 by Special to Financial Post in FP Comment, FP Letters to the Editor, Junk Science Week 2012, pay equity
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FP Letters to the Editor: Junk attitudes toward women

Re: “Pay equity ‘scientism,’ ” William Watson, Junk Science Week, June 15 The millions of Canadian women being paid less than men doing work of equal value share little of William Watson’s faith in the free market’s ability to address pay equity. Behind the condescending attempts at being clever, Prof.

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June 15, 2012 by William Watson in CUPE, equality, FP Comment, Junk Science Week 2012, pay equity, unions
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Junk Science Week: Pay equity ‘scientism’

CUPE aims to expand the junk science of comparing wages The front page of Tuesday’s National Post brought rare and heartening news of a defeat in Ontario Superior Court for what, in a perversion of language, is widely called “pay equity.” George Orwell instructed us on the power of language

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June 14, 2012 by Catherine Coulter in English, Human Rights, Ontario
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Ontario Human Rights Code to protect transgendered individuals

Ontario’s Human Rights Code, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary on June 15th, is being amended to protect transgendered people […]

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June 14, 2012 by Catherine Coulter in Employment Standards, English, Ontario
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Ministry blitz of temporary agencies

From June until the end of August, 2012, the Ontario Ministry of Labour will be undertaking proactive inspections of temporary […]

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May 24, 2012 by Adrian Miedema in English, Occupational Health and Safety, Ontario
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Statistical Analysis of 863 Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act Prosecutions: FMC Releases Report

This article originally appeared on www.occupationalhealthandsafetylaw.com. More than two-thirds of Ontario companies charged under the Occupational Health and Safety Act […]

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May 17, 2012 by Catherine Coulter in Francais, National, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Dismissal
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L’importance de la disposition de cessation d’emploi

La décision qu’a rendue la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario (CSJO) dans l’affaire Wright v. The Young and Rubicam […]

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May 17, 2012 by Catherine Coulter in National, Ontario, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Dismissal
  • Comments Off on The “Wright” Way to Draft a Termination Provision

The “Wright” Way to Draft a Termination Provision

In the recently released Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision in Wright v. The Young and Rubicam Group of Companies, […]

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May 03, 2012 by Matthew Curtis in British Columbia, English, Wrongful Dismissal
  • Comments Off on Proposed New Limitation Period in British Columbia Announced

Proposed New Limitation Period in British Columbia Announced

Bill 34 has been introduced in the British Columbia legislature to establish, for most claims, a basic limitation period of […]

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