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Severance Packages: Five Things Every Employer Should Know

by Doug MacLeod | Jan 13, 2015 | For Employers

Severance Packages: Five Things Every Employer Should Know Imagine yourself as a senior manager of a small business. Sales have decreased to a point where you have to make some staff cuts. One will be Marsha, an administrative assistant with over 25 years service, and...

Tweeting your way to termination: Twitter privacy settings can’t protect you from the law

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 25, 2014 | For Employers

Tweeting your way to termination: Twitter privacy settings can’t protect you from the law Since the beginning of time, employees have privately complained about work and made inappropriate comments to friends and family. Today, however, this venting is happening...

Constructive Dismissal Update: 2014 Decisions

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 21, 2014 | For Employers

Constructive Dismissal Update: 2014 Decisions I am often asked whether a change in employment (or more than one change) is a constructive dismissal. If so, the employee can quit and claim damages for pay in lieu of notice of termination. If not, the person receives no...

Preventing Legal Fires: Employment Contracts, No Discrimination Policies and Disability Management Programs

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 11, 2014 | For Employers

Preventing Legal Fires: Employment Contracts, No Discrimination Policies and Disability Management Programs I have been providing employment law advice to employers for over 25 years. I provide preventive advice and I put out legal fires. When I provide the former...

Jian Ghomeshi: Legal Shades of Grey Part 2 – CBC Investigation

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 10, 2014 | For Employers

Jian Ghomeshi: Legal Shades of Grey Part 2 – CBC Investigation Janice Rubin, a lawyer and a workplace investigator has been retained by the CBC in the wake of the Jian Ghomeshi affair. Her mandate (or terms of reference) are reproduced in a recent article by Brian...

Jian Ghomeshi: Legal Shades of Grey

by Doug MacLeod | Oct 28, 2014 | For Employers

Jian Ghomeshi: Legal Shades of Grey The Jian Ghomeshi story: The Basics According to the Toronto Star “CBC star Jian Ghomeshi has been fired over “information” the public broadcaster recently received that it says “precludes” it from continuing to employ the...

Human Rights Update: Minimum Wage Cook Receives Large Damage Award

by Doug MacLeod | Aug 18, 2014 | For Employers

Human Rights Update: Minimum Wage Cook Receives Large Damage Award The Facts Shirley Jensen worked as a cook in a restaurant and earned $ 10.25 per hour. She had fibromyalgia. To manage pain, she attended a pain clinic twice a week. From time to time, she also needed...

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