A woman who sued her former supervisor over a bad reference that cost her a new job lost her bid on Tuesday to overturn a decision throwing out her defamation claim. In its ruling, the Ontario Court of Appeal found no reason to interfere with a judge's finding that the supervisor's statements were defamatory but [...]

Ontario is taking strong action to increase protections for temporary help agency workers. The government has proclaimed Schedule 5 of Bill 18, the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014, an amendment to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act,1997 (WSIA) to enable a new regulation to better protect temporary help agency workers. The province [...]

Province Supporting Youth Employment and Small Businesses with New Hiring IncentiveOntario is helping young people find jobs and supporting employers by providing businesses with financial incentives to hire youth aged 15 to 29.Jeff Leal, Minister Responsible for Small Business, made the announcement today at Morello's Independent Grocer in Peterborough alongside Mitzie Hunter, Minister of Advanced [...]

Province Creating More Fairness and Opportunity for Workers On April 1, 2018, Ontario will become the first jurisdiction in North America to mandate equal pay for equal work between casual, part-time, temporary and seasonal workers, and full-time or permanent workers. Under the new rules, casual, part-time, temporary and seasonal employees cannot be paid at a [...]

It’s not a good idea for a general manager to draw up his own contract with significantly better terms than those of other employees What are your terms? That’s a question that can be asked during negotiations for a fixed-term employment contract. Such contracts have their advantages and disadvantages for employers, so language and the [...]

The government says large employers will have to track, publish information about compensation to ‘ensure compensation is based on a job’s requirements and the candidate’s qualifications. Saying efforts to narrow the gender wage gap are not working, the Ontario government will soon force firms to disclose salary ranges in jobs ads and also report to [...]

Like accommodation of human rights-protected grounds, employee leaves require effort on both sides In a perfect world, employers would have perfect employees with perfect attendance. But the reality is, sometimes life gets in the away and employees can’t always go to work. Illness, bereavement, appointments, family emergencies – things come up that require employees’ attention [...]

Average of 16 per cent above U.S. at 13 per cent: LinkedIn With an average of 16 per cent, Canada ranks among the top countries in terms of employee turnover, according to a study by LinkedIn. That’s fourth behind France (21 per cent), the United Kingdom (17.6 per cent) and Australia (17.5 per cent), but [...]

Forty per cent of employees believe they bear zero responsibility for securing information, pointing to the need for a more comprehensive strategy that makes security everyone’s business The federal government has ensured cybersecurity will be top-of-mind for a news cycle or two with the half a billion-dollar line item for cybersecurity in the recent federal [...]