A workplace investigation is not a tool for ‘fixing’ broken work environments or healing broken workplace relationships. The after-effects of an investigation can make things worse. Teams stuck in conflict are less productive and less efficient. In…
Partial Legalization – What is legal? possession up to 30 grams of legal cannabis, dried or equivalent in non-dried form in public share up to 30 grams of legal cannabis with other adults buy dried or fresh…
By Dan Wilband On September 24, 2018, at the outset of Canada’s Gender Equality Week, the Association of Ontario Midwives obtained a historic win from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. This decision is an important victory…
Par Roxalie LeBeau-Hébert Information Générale 1. Historique du Projet de loi C-45 La Loi sur le cannabis (Projet de loi C-45) décriminalise le cannabis et permet au gouvernement fédéral de licencier les producteurs. Cette Loi a été approuvée…
Every day, we struggle to get our work done on time. Despite our best intentions, our to-do lists keep growing and we often don’t quite finish what we have to get done. It is even more difficult…
Burnout and the winter blues have common effects. Feeling irritable, lethargic, unhappy and generally stuck by your circumstances, are common to both. I have been working with overworked and tired health care professionals who felt stuck with no…
This is Part III of #WorkLawWednesday Series “I was fired. What are my options?”, aimed at providing information on the various questions that arise in the context of terminations. When an employer terminates the employment relationship without…
Many employers have Harassment Policies. They are mostly well-intentioned. Often, a Harassment Policy will set out the general principles of behaviour that is no longer acceptable in the workplace. There will be a mechanism for filing complaints….
A close family friend was walking by a group of teenage boys in a sports facility when he heard them talking about a female classmate who was not present. The boys were commenting on her appearance and…
As of February 2015, the Labour Standards Code, RSNS 1989, c 246 recognizes Nova Scotia Heritage Day as a statutory holiday. With some exceptions, statutory holidays entitle employees to a day off with pay. This year,…
