Bill 148 Webinar Series: What Employers Need to Know about Sexual or Domestic Violence Leave
As part of the overhaul of Ontario’s labour and employment legislation, effective January 1, 2018, employees are now entitled to […]
Privacy
An Employer’s Guide to Privacy in the Workplace
Privacy and data protection concerns are at an all time high. With tech giants under scrutiny for large-scale privacy breaches, […]
Technology in the Workplace
I have trouble programming my television and need my teenage daughter to lend a hand. I also know that I […]
Social Media & Employees: When Every Little Thing Is Searchable
The scope of an employer’s right to discipline and terminate an employee for indiscreet or inappropriate remarks in social media is far […]
Canada’s Highest Court Rules on Employee Privacy Rights over Work Computer
This article was written by Andrea Raso Amer and Eric Sherbine. In R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53, the Supreme […]
Wither ‘Big Brother’? B.C. Privacy Commissioner Reins-in Government of British Columbia Criminal Record Checks
In keeping with her stance on overly-invasive employee background checks, British Columbia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has issued […]
Employee Privacy On Work Computers To Be Decided By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in R. v. Cole, […]
Un mot de passe Facebook ne constitue pas un outil de vérification approprié, prévient la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne
Au cours des dernières semaines, plusieurs postulants à des emplois aux États-Unis ont déclaré s’être fait demander leur mot de […]
Facebook Passwords Not an Appropriate Background Checking Tool, Ontario Human Rights Commission Warns
In recent weeks, several U.S. job candidates reported that prospective employers had requested their Facebook passwords in order to secure […]