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- Swipe, Go, Fired? What Attendance Issues Can Mean at Work
Attendance has become one of the most closely watched workplace issues in the post-pandemic era. As more employers require employees to return to the office, disputes are emerging over badge data, hybrid work expectations, absences, remote work practices, and discipline for alleged non-compliance. A … Read more »
- The Vacation Problem Employers Cannot Afford to Ignore
Vacation time is often treated as a scheduling issue. For employers, however, unused vacation can become much more than an administrative concern. When employees regularly defer, interrupt, or forfeit their vacation time, the consequences can affect productivity, morale, retention, workplace culture … Read more »
- The Unspoken Workplace Disruption: Breaking the Silence on Menopause and the Mid-Career Drop-Off
A significant demographic shift is quietly altering the landscape of Canadian workplaces. Highly experienced professionals at the peak of their career trajectories are exiting the workforce or stepping down from leadership roles at disproportionate rates. While corporate initiatives frequently focus … Read more »
- Same Law, Different World: How Workplace Safety Obligations Diverge in Office and Industrial Settings
Every year in May, North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week serves as a national call to action for employers, workers, and health and safety professionals. In Canada, this observance carries real legal weight. For Toronto employers, whether you operate a downtown Bay Street office … Read more »
- Fired Because of Your Age? Ontario Court Sends a Clear Message to Employers
In September 2023, the employees of Interspec Systems Ltd.’s Rosemount, Ontario manufacturing facility arrived at work and discovered that their jobs and their livelihoods had effectively vanished overnight. The company’s owner had made a unilateral business decision to shutter the Rosemount pla … Read more »