Code of conduct can protect employer’s reputation This is an excerpt from an interview Doug conducted with AdvocateDaily.com While some believe limiting a person’s right to comment on an employer in their private time amounts to a violation of freedom of expression,...
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...
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...
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...
The Ontario Employment Standards Act: A Revised Complaint Procedure CHANGES TO THE ONTARIO EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT COMPLAINT PROCESS Sometimes the most cost effective legal proceeding for an employee to pursue is a complaint under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act....