Criminal Activity and Employment

Ed Canning Jun 02, 2018

Sometimes what you do outside of work can end up costing you your job. When we talk about criminal convictions, both the crime and your position matter.

Safe working conditions.

Ed Canning May 19, 2018

All workers have the right to refuse unsafe working conditions without reprisal from their employers.

Q&A's Human Rights Issues

Ed Canning May 05, 2018

QUESTION:  After 10 years of service in a supervisory position I was recently terminated by my employer without any explanation. I have received only positive feedback and yet they replaced me soon after I was let go.
 

ESA interpretation and reasonable notice.

Ed Canning Apr 21, 2018

Usually, there are two things to talk about when somebody is terminated without just cause. First there is the Employment Standards Act which sets out minimum entitlements.

Drug Consumption in the Workplace

Ed Canning Apr 02, 2018

Bob and Doug had been working as janitors at the local university for 17 years. One day they were sitting in Bob’s car during their break in the campus parking lot when university security arrived.

Gender Parady

Ed Canning Mar 17, 2018

The fact that women are still paid, very often, less money for the same or similar work as their male counterparts, is, unfortunately, not news.  The provincial government has introduced legislation to attempt to combat this malingering sore. 
 

Constructive Dismissal

Ed Canning Mar 03, 2018

Many employers suffer from a misapprehension about significantly changing terms of employment. They think that if the change is a direct result of business-related reorganization and not personal in any way that the employee cannot take the position they have been constructively dismissed…terminated. 
 

Employment Law Myths

Ed Canning Feb 19, 2018

Part of my job is to inform people about employment law and how it works. Some of my time is spent dispelling myths about employment law. I call them donut shop law as that is mostly where these myths circulate.

Complaint and Confidentiality

Ed Canning Feb 05, 2018

It has recently been reported that a senior official of one of the political parties resigned amidst allegations that some years ago when he was a Member of Parliament he engaged in inappropriate sexual misconduct with a staff member.

Employers need to follow through with their own employment policies and guidelines

Ed Canning Jan 22, 2018

Diligent employers who create and circulate “policies and guidelines” for employees are to be applauded for good human resources management but cautioned about what they include in those policies.