Don’t Settle for the Minimum When Signing a Release
Many employees are hesitant to sign employment releases, often with good reason. Employers may offer very little, knowing that most employees are happy to take what they can get and …
Many employees are hesitant to sign employment releases, often with good reason. Employers may offer very little, knowing that most employees are happy to take what they can get and …
Adult film entertainer, Samantha Ardente, must have known the jig was up when a student at the high school she works at asked her for her autograph.
A brief comment on the passing of Bill C-389, which intends to protect transgendered and transsexual citizens from discrimination.
Employers who are quick to dismiss employees for theft may have to think twice.
After almost ten years of fighting, Calgary-based stock broker Kurt Soost is not ready to throw in the towel.
Four tips published in my Metro workplace law article from this week that should ensure an appropriate severance package, or more.
In a recent case from Vancouver, a woman was fired for refusing to attend an afternoon staff meeting after working the nightshift. An article published by Tom Zytaruk in The Financial Post provides some details about the case.
In my workplace law column in this week’s Metro news, I discuss common misconceptions about workplace rights. Most employees cling to beliefs about workplace rights they gleaned from media, friends or researching on the Internet. However, many of these “perceived” rights often do not exist.
On Sunday, the on-line whistle-blower, Wikileaks, released 91,000 U.S. military records dating between January 2004 and December 2009. “Whistleblowing” is the term given to an employee’s unauthorized disclosure of information he or she honestly and reasonably believes violates the law, professional standards, or involves mismanagement, corruption, abuse of authority, or demonstrates a danger to the public or other employees.
Chris Ehlers worked as a sales representative for Bohler Uddeholm Africa, a male dominated multinational steel retailer based out of Africa. In early 2008, Ehlers began to undergo a series of sex change procedures. Ehlers soon became the subject of disrespectful comments by co-workers, and after two inquiries was terminated by the company. In this blog post we discuss how this case would reflect under Canadian human rights legislation.