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Category: Human Rights

Take as Directed: 5 Tips For Dealing with Absenteeism in the Workplace

Posted In: Employment, General, HR Law, Human Rights  By: Michael Murphy

By Michael Murphy and Melissa Pike The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted workplaces in many ways, including with regards to how employers manage employee absences due to illness. This issue is especially pressing this time of year, given…

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The ACT Matrix – A Trauma Informed Way to Resolve Disputes

Posted In: Coaching, HR Law, Human Rights, Mediation, Non-profits  By: Pink Larkin

By Ronald Pizzo and Dr. Dayna Lee-Bagley Humans have a biological need for connection. We are social beings.  Our nature is to interact and form relationships with others. We are also wired to survive. We are always…

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Manitoba Court of Appeal Decision should be Heeded

Posted In: General, Human Rights, Pension  By: Pink Larkin

Vince Calderhead and counsel at Manitoba’s Public Interest Law Centre made submissions on behalf of the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg. Stadler v Director, St Boniface/St Vital 2020 MBCA 46 The Manitoba Court of Appeal found the…

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Trans people in prison: Nova Scotia’s approach

Posted In: General, Human Rights  By: Pink Larkin

“Previously published by The Lawyer’s Daily, a division of LexisNexis Canada”. A panel on transgender people and prisons took place during Halifax Pride, intended to help lawyers better serve trans clients remanded or sentenced to provincial custody…

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Checking in with the poor during the ‘magic month’

Posted In: General, Human Rights  By: Vincent Calderhead

In this opinion piece published in the Chronicle Herald Vince Calderhead  says that the holidays are a good time to check in, to look more closely, beyond the seasonal good tidings, and ask how the poor are really…

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What Unions Need to Know About Cannabis

Posted In: Employment, General, HR Law, Human Rights, Labour  By: Pink Larkin

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…

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Ontario Midwives Win Important Human Rights Case on Pay Equity

Posted In: General, HR Law, Human Rights  By: Pink Larkin

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…

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#WorkLawWednesday: Can an Employer ask me if I have a Criminal Record?

Posted In: Employment, Human Rights, Labour, Privacy  By: Pink Larkin

By Dan Wilband Last month, The Coast published a piece exploring the widespread use of criminal record checks in hiring practices, both in Nova Scotia and elsewhere. It documents the challenges faced by individuals with criminal convictions in their…

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Sexual Harassment Law – Part 5: Sexual Harassment Protection for Federal Employees & Parliament Hill Staff

Posted In: Employment, Human Rights, Sexual Harassment Law, Staff  By: Pink Larkin

By Gail L. Gatchalian, Q.C. On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, I was invited to make a presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights to comment on Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment…

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Human Rights Hearing Continues About Community-Based Supports and Services for People with Disabilities

Posted In: General, Human Rights  By: Pink Larkin

                        A human rights hearing regarding the Province’s provision of community-based supports and services for people with disabilities resumed this week. Vince Calderhead of Pink Larkin…

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