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Ontario Mandates Workplace Health and Safety Training
Employers have until July 1, 2014 to train all their workers and supervisors on workplace health and safety. Read on for a quick backgrounder on this legislation. The free training modules are available for both worker and supervisor training on the ministry's website.
Successful New Year's Resolutions via SMART goals
Our latest blog provides an example of how to increase your chances of success with your New Year's resolutions by setting SMART goals for them.
Nova Scotia to Adopt New General Holiday
Starting in 2015, Nova Scotia's February Holiday Act provides for a statutory holiday on the third Monday of February.
Be Aware of Potential Discrimination of Interview Candidates
Desjardins was fined $4K for discriminating against a candidate on the basis of creed in Widdis v. Desjardins Group
. Widdis was asked in a phone screen interview if she could work
Saturdays as the call centre contract position required working
rotational Saturdays. She indicated that as she was a 7th Day Adventist
she could not work Saturdays.
"An employer can
ask in a job interview about availability to work because it can refuse
to hire someone who can’t work certain days, if the requirement to work
those days is bona fide and reasonable, and there’s no way to
accommodate the person’s religion. The key issue is whether the
employer exhausts all possibilities for accommodation before refusing
the applicant based on the inability to work that day in question."
quoted from lawofwork.ca
What We’ve Been Up To
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After a wonderful holiday break of spending time with friends and family, we are off to the races with a busy 2014! On the agenda, attending HRPA's annual conference at the end of January in Toronto, conducting various training sessions in the US and Canada, continuing to work with our clients on their recruiting, compensation, workplace policies, employee relations, HR compliance and training needs. |
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Did you set New Year's resolutions this year? If so, we wish you much success in accomplishing them! |
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