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OHRC releases policy statement on “sexualized” dress codes in the workplace on International Women’s Day
9 mars 2016
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
The Ontario Human Rights Commission yesterday – International Women’s Day – released a policy statement on gender-specific dress codes in the workplace advocating for “an end to sexualized dress codes that discriminate against female and transgender employees.” According to the...
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An Eye on the Taxpayer, Part VI: Public Purse Challenges Persist
3 mars 2016
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
The challenge of public finance and fiscal restraint continues to persist across Canada. Depending on who you ask, some governments are exhibiting more restraint than others. Regardless of who you ask, the challenges are real and present, including on the...
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Destruction of Evidence
3 mars 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
The destruction of evidence, either intentional or through negligence, impedes the ability of the trier of fact to find the truth and reach a just determination of the issues. The destruction of evidence during ongoing or contemplated litigation, intentional or...
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Lengthy Prison Sentence for Supervisor
1 mars 2016
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
On January 11, 2016 the project manager for Metron Construction was sentenced to 3 ½ years’ imprisonment for his part in the tragic 2009 accident. On Christmas Eve 2009, at the conclusion of the work day, six workers boarded swing...
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Barring the Action of Family Law Act Claimants of Workers
25 février 2016
Blogue : Droit des assurances
The interplay between tort/bodily injury cases and workers’ compensation is often complex, but may prove to be a useful tool for insurers to attempt to dismiss an action against their insured. It becomes increasingly more complex when it involves a...
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Private Certification Policy (Food Safety)
25 février 2016
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
With the introduction of the new Safe Foods for Canadians Act, more than 50,000 participants in the food sector will come under Federal jurisdiction for the first time. In anticipation of its increased supervisory obligations, CFIA is looking to private...
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Our Regular and Frequent Visitors: Snow, Ice, and the Occupier’s Duty of Care
18 février 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
It’s tough being an occupier in Ontario. As if keeping a premises ‘reasonably safe’ was not hard enough, you must do so ‘in all the circumstances’ often while it feels like even the weather is conspiring against you. This is...
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Termination Clauses in BC: Perfection (Maybe) Not Required
16 février 2016
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Perhaps the most important clause in any employment contract is the termination clause. Without it, an employee is entitled to reasonable notice of termination (in the absence of just cause). A written termination clause can even allow an employer to...
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Membership has its Privileges: Expanding Priority – Are Car-Share Insurers Sharing more than they Thought?
12 février 2016
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Blogue : Droit des assurances
The car-share model is coming of age in many urban centres. The attractions of the car-share concept include reduced urban traffic congestion, generational mind shifts about car ownership, increasing costs of personal vehicle ownership and environmental sustainability. According to recent...
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Another Random Alcohol and Drug Testing Policy Quashed at Arbitration
11 février 2016
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
As a new year begins, the already bleak outlook for Canadian employer’s trying to enforce random alcohol and drug testing policies in unionized workplaces appears even darker after a recent arbitration decision in Alberta quashed another employer’s policy. We have...
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