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Angelina Jolie and Transgender Rights

by Nicole Simes | Jan 13, 2015 | For Employees

Angelina Jolie and Transgender Rights Recently, it was reported that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s child who was assigned female gender at birth has been wearing traditionally male attire and has requested to be called John (see here). While John may face societal...

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...

Ontario Liberal Government Introduces Legislation to Create a Provincial Pension Plan

by Doug MacLeod | Dec 10, 2014 | For Employers

Ontario Liberal Government Introduces Legislation to Create a Provincial Pension Plan On December 8, 2014, the Ontario government introduced Bill 56 which if passed into law will be called the Ontario Pension Plan Act, 2014. Under Bill 56, employees who are not part...

Jian Ghomeshi: Legal Shades of Grey (Part III)

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 28, 2014 | For Employers

Jian Ghomeshi: Legal Shades of Grey (Part III) The Background On October 27, 2014 the CBC terminated Mr. Ghomeshi’s employment. Later that day he disclosed some intensely private information about his sex life in a public Facebook post. On October 28, 2014 I posted a...

Increasing Reporting Rates and Preventing Sexual Harassment in Canada

by Doug MacLeod | Nov 28, 2014 | For Employees

Increasing Reporting Rates and Preventing Sexual Harassment in Canada The prevalence of sexual harassment in Canada has been a hot topic of discussion since the Jian Ghomeshi story broke. There has also been significant analysis on why those who experience sexual...

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...

Bill 18: How will the Employment Law Changes Affect You?

by Nicole Simes | Nov 24, 2014 | For Employees

Bill 18: How will the Employment Law Changes Affect You? On February 20, 2015, several significant employment law changes will take effect that will benefit employees. Some of these include indexing the minimum wage and expanding the definition of a worker under the...

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