Toronto police have charged a 28-year-old woman for allegedly tainting a co-worker's water bottle with a noxious substance at a downtown department store. Matsa Beliashvili said she likes to drink water from a glass canteen while working at the Hudson's Bay on Yonge Street. The 33-year-old is a business manager at the Estée Lauder counter inside the store. In [...]
Wide age range poses challenge for managers tasked with bridging the gap For the first time in contemporary history, there are four generations in the workforce — baby boomers, Generation X, millennials and the first of generation Z — human resources experts say. With employees ranging in age from their late teens to their 70s, businesses must tailor [...]
Draft legislation would override repayment of ‘gross’ totals OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government says it's preparing to address one of the key tax issues that has caused massive headaches for government employees overpaid by its problem-plagued civil service pay system. The Finance Department has drafted legislation that would see overpaid employees — regardless who [...]
A shortage of adjudicators at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is causing widespread delays that some lawyers say could undermine cases, prolong conflicts and discourage vulnerable people from seeking relief. A notice on tribunal's website says the dearth of adjudicators is affecting its ability to meet its service standards, noting complainants may have to [...]
Torey Hunter allegedly used an anonymous Twitter account to criticize a rival team The B.C. Lions have suspended director of player personnel and player development Torey Hunter 90 days for violating the team's and the CFL's social media policies. The Lions confirmed Hunter's suspension in a statement on Thursday. The statement didn't provide details of [...]
Proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act would let workers take 'domestic violence leave' Employees in the Northwest Territories may soon be able to take leave from work if they are experiencing domestic violence. The territorial government is considering several changes to the Employment Standards Act pertaining to leave, including one that would let employees [...]
Union argues hidden camera footage of employees caught having sex was invasion of privacy Vernon, B.C., fire Chief David Lind installed a hidden camera to catch employees rifling through his drawers. He didn't expect to see them going through each other's. Now, eight months after being fired for having sexual relations on duty in the chief's office, [...]
'It's just wrong. There is no other word for it,' says Medha Joshi, former Allstate employee An Ontario woman is taking one of the province's biggest insurance providers to court, alleging she was fired for pushing back on the company's "discriminatory" effort to stop selling plans to drivers who live in Brampton. "It's just wrong. There [...]
A proposed class-action lawsuit against the ride-hailing company Uber filed by one of its drivers will go ahead after Ontario’s top court reversed a lower court decision that would have sent the matter to arbitration overseas. In a ruling released Wednesday, the Court of Appeal for Ontario says a clause in Uber’s services agreement that [...]
OTTAWA—A new report on the country’s highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a “double-pane glass ceiling” at the top of Canada’s corporate ladder — first in getting to the executive suite and, once there, earning as much as their male counterparts. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives calculates that of [...]