Recent caselaw suggests that huge damage awards for employees claiming wrongful dismissal is on the decline. Upper courts continue to cut down lower court awards and eliminate “bad faith”-types of compensation.
Last month, in Soost v Merill Lynch, the Alberta Court of Appeal reduced the lower court award to dismissed stock broker, Kurt Soost, from $2.2-million to
Three weeks ago, I had a baby. He’s my second child, was a very reasonable 6 lbs 12 ozs and happily zipped out with no fanfare or complications. I am now at home with plenty of down time while I feed and wish I was sleeping, and while keeping watch over my 2 year old to make
Working notice is like eating at a cheap buffet restaurant – it’s inexpensive, and it seems like a good idea at the time, but the meal doesn’t taste so great within a short period of time. This usually applies to both employers and employees.
I often have employer clients looking for a way to lower the
The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) just held its annual conference in Geneva from June 1-18, 2010. The purpose of the annual conference is to develop and monitor compliance with international labour standards. 
The ILO is a tripartite agency of the United Nations, comprised of employer, employee and government representatives. They have been responsible for pushing forward numerous
There is a lot of activity, spilled ink and worry about complying with Bill 168 out there. For my own spilled ink, see my previous posts on the issue:
Also see the Ministry of Labour/OHSCO’s resources at:
Becoming complaint with the new workplace violence and harassment law (Bill 168) has recently moved to the centre of many organizational radars. The deadline to comply is June 15, 2010, so there are about 5 weeks left to take the necessary steps to meet the requirements of the legislation.
Lots to Do…
Bill 168 passed last
I love stories like this: 17 year old Courtney Greer from Waterloo, Ontario, tries out for the boys’ soccer team, makes the team on her own athletic ability and is then told she is not allowed to play in the league. She then has the guts to publicly fight it and files a claim against the Ontario Federation of
Earlier this week, I received an email from the owner of a small company who was frustrated at all of the resources available for employees and the lack of resources for employers. She pointed out that the various human rights commissions across Canada will often offer services to complainants, and that in general, the system
This week, Christine Thomlinson wrote a great blog post on the (potential) come-back of Tiger Woods. She draws a parallel between Tiger’s return to golf and employees returning to work after a difficult period in their life, whether criminal, personal, or otherwise. As she points out, there are a number of pro-active steps an
March Madness is upon us. If you work in an office anything like mine, sports gambling pools are the unofficial employee morale booster, conversation starter and excuse to get together for a pint when drafting your fantasy whatever team.
But are sports pools a time waster and a hit on the company’s productivity bottom line?
According to