What Unions Need to Know About Cannabis
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…
Category: HR Law
Ontario Midwives Win Important Human Rights Case on Pay Equity
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 not just for…
#WorkLawWednesday: La légalisation du cannabis et le monde du travail
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…
Five Steps for Increasing Your Productivity at Work – Upping Your Inner Game
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 or the Winter Blues?
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…
#WorkLawWednesday Series – Part III: Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts
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…
#WorkLawWednesday: Why Does the Harassee Always Pay the Price?
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….
#WorkLawWednesday: Halifax, We Need to Talk about Sexual Harassment and Violence
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…
#WorkLawWednesday: Is Nova Scotia Heritage Day a Holiday with Pay for Me?
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,…
Requirement for Women to Wear “Full Face of Makeup” for an Interview Is a Human Rights Issue
This blog post is in response to a recent CBC news article entitled “Women told by the Body Shop to Wear ‘full face of makeup’ to Job Interview turns it down.” Imagine this: a young woman applies…