Gen AI is here. This may feel very abstract and irrelevant to many of our employees but may be a significant source of stress and worry for others.
This is more than another department change that employees need to evolve with. In the same way that computers have transformed how we all do our jobs in less than a generation, AI is quickly taking us to that next level of processing information using everything computers have already brought us.
Continue Reading Rolling out Gen AI in the WorkplaceMost employers know they have a legal duty to accommodate an employee with a disability. But what exactly is the scope of that duty and what does the accommodation include?
This post will set out the basics.
Continue Reading Employment Law 101: Accommodating a DisabilityIn the rapidly evolving landscape of tech, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is becoming a central player, especially in sectors like customer service, content creation, and human resources.
While GenAI offers groundbreaking efficiencies and capabilities (and excites the sci-fi nerds in all of us), it also poses unique challenges, particularly when it comes to biased outputs. This issue, often summarized by the old adage “garbage in, garbage out,” reflects the reality that AI systems can only be as unbiased as the data they are trained on.
Continue Reading The Perils of Bias in Workplace GenAIIn the world of employment law, terminations tend to steal the spotlight. But what about when the employee is the one ending the employment relationship?
Here is an overview of the law of resignation, and what employers need to know when they receive an employee’s “two weeks’ notice”.
Continue Reading Employee Resignations: The BasicsComplaints of harassment in the workplace continue to flourish across all industries.
But what counts as “workplace harassment” and what are an employer’s obligations? This post will set out the basics.
Continue Reading Employment Law 101: Workplace HarassmentAttention employers and job seekers! As a result of some incoming changes to the Employment Standards Act, job postings are about to look different!
Ontario’s Working For Workers Four Act received Royal Assent on March 21, 2024. And now, a brief interlude on Ontario’s law-making process in case you’ve forgotten: Royal Assent is the last step in the process that makes a Bill law.
Continue Reading Attention Employers: Legal Changes Coming to Job Posting RequirementsMitigation issues can save an employer months of termination pay and/or gut your termination case, depending on whether you are the employer or employee in a dispute.
But what exactly is mitigation? This post sets out the basics.
In Canadian employment law, mitigation refers to the legal obligation of an employee who
Employers have another reason to worry about their termination clauses.
Following the case of Waksdale v Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391, Ontario courts have placed increased scrutiny on termination clauses with very few surviving.
Continue Reading Another Termination Clause Bites the DustThe dust has settled post-pandemic and employees are out of sorts. Turnover is high across all industries as people regroup and sort through what they want out of their careers.
We regularly hear about employees resisting commuting, moving on quicker than ever when the job gets difficult, and when regular feedback gets uncomfortable.
Continue Reading Exiting Employees on a Disability Leave
Nobody wants to receive a paycheque that’s smaller than they were expecting, but sometimes, wage deductions are necessary. So, when can an employer make deductions from an employee’s wages? In Ontario, the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) provides guidelines regarding what deductions are permissible, in order to protect employees and their earnings.
Employers are generally