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Laying Employees Off? Better Check Your Employment Contracts
This post will be a bit deeper and more technical than what I’ve posted in the last couple of weeks – not to diminish the importance of...

Jeff Tudhope
Apr 15, 20203 min read
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Keeping Busy When Business Slows Down - Idea #2: Your Org Chart
Following up to last week’s post about job descriptions, I thought now would be a good time to write about another key piece in...

Jeff Tudhope
Apr 7, 20202 min read
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Keeping Busy When Business Slows Down - Idea #1: Job Descriptions
If you, like so many others, are experiencing a slow down in business as we deal with restrictions to fight the spread of the virus, you...

Jeff Tudhope
Mar 30, 20204 min read
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Onboarding: Heard about it.
If you attended any HR related training or seminars in the early part of the last decade, let’s say 2009 to 2013 (maybe earlier), you...

Jeff Tudhope
Jan 7, 20203 min read
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Employer's Duty to Accommodate Clarified (a little)
What can you do if an employee is off work with an illness or disability for a long period of time and shows no sign of returning to...

Jeff Tudhope
Aug 19, 20192 min read
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On the not-so-simple matter of termination pay
Terminating an employee is an unfortunate and uncomfortable, but necessary action that can come about for a variety of reasons, and which...

Jeff Tudhope
Mar 25, 20192 min read
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On the not-so-simple matter of termination pay
Terminating an employee is an unfortunate and uncomfortable, but necessary action that can come about for a variety of reasons, and which...

Jeff Tudhope
Mar 25, 20192 min read
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Can you still have fun at work?
How to have fun at work while staying within the boundaries of appropriateness.

Jeff Tudhope
Jan 25, 20184 min read
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Workplace misconduct - statistics and impact.
The concept of inappropriate conduct at work goes by many names – bullying, misbehaviour, harassment, and several others. While not all...

Jeff Tudhope
Jan 15, 20182 min read
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Anti-union animus and penalties associated with Labour Relations Act violations
The Ontario Labour Relations Board published its decision in the matter between the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario and a...

Jeff Tudhope
Jan 5, 20181 min read
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Why not make 2018 your year of legislative compliance?
Perhaps you’ve always been aware that you are supposed to develop, provide training on, and enforce workplace policies to identify,...

Jeff Tudhope
Jan 2, 20181 min read
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LCBO asking for Health and Safety Concessions? Really?
Almost a year ago, Canadians were wondering whether Canada Post would go on strike, and they almost did. Now, in the spring of 2017,...

Jeff Tudhope
Apr 6, 20172 min read
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Will they or won't they? The ongoing saga of Canada Post and CUPW.
Over the last couple of months you’ve seen the news that Canada Post and CUPW have not reached a renewal of the collective agreement that...

Jeff Tudhope
Jul 19, 20164 min read
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Should the RCMP Use External Investigators?
The CBC recently reported on the RCMP Chief Superintendent’s recommendation that complaints of bullying and harassment should be...

Jeff Tudhope
Mar 7, 20163 min read
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Canadian Olympic Committee employees' sexual harassment allegations substantiated.
In October 2015, the Canadian Olympic Committee's president resigned amid allegations that he had sexually harassed three female...

Jeff Tudhope
Jan 30, 20162 min read
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Victoria Police Chief Harassment Investigation
On December 18, The Province reported that Victoria, B.C. Police Chief Frank Elsner has been placed on a paid leave pending an...

Jeff Tudhope
Dec 21, 20153 min read
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When investigations go wrong
The Ministry of Labour makes it easy for employers to understand their obligations when it comes to corproate policies and investigating...

Jeff Tudhope
Nov 16, 20151 min read
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What Bill 132 could mean for you.
If you are not already aware, employers in Ontario are required under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to develop policies...

Jeff Tudhope
Nov 7, 20151 min read
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