The Truth about Workplace Investigations: Legal Information and Tips for Success The truth about workplace investigations is that the cost of inadequately or completely failing to investigate workplace issues has risen dramatically in recent years. This failure to...
Navigating Employment Law: Changes, Rules and Exceptions that Matter At MacLeod Law Firm, we restrict our practice to labour and employment law. There are many statutes that apply to employees and employers and only a firm specializing in this area understands these...
Recent Court Ruling on Terminating a Disabled Employee Recent Court Ruling: Terminating a disabled employee can lead to human rights damages that are MUCH greater than those for wrongful dismissal A March 2013 decision by an adjudicator appointed under the Ontario...
Employment Standards Act reforms could overwhelm small businesses Doug was interviewed by Advocate Daily on how reforms to the Employment Standards Act will impact small business. This is an excerpt from that interview … “Several recommendations outlined...
Background Checks: What Questions are Legally Off Limits? Background Checks – Screening New Hires While Avoiding Human Rights’ Liabilities A bad hire is not only expensive but time consuming. According to one source, comprehensive background checks reveal red...
Does Monitoring Emails Breach an Employee’s Right to Privacy? A New Right to Privacy – Employers May Face Liability for Monitoring Employees E-mails Today, it is common for employees to browse the Internet and handle personal emails on their company...
Non-Solicitation Clause: How to Enforce This The Main Issue Regarding a Non-Solicitation Clause: Will Departing Employees Take Customers With Them? To plan for this worst case scenario, we like to ask at the time of hiring, “Could this person take your customers to a...
MacLeod Law Firm: A 360° Perspective on Employee Termination Jobs come and go. It’s the nature of our economy to deal with employee termination. But when this occurs, it is our job to resolve the situation fairly and efficiently. For over twenty years, MacLeod Law...