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- Electronic Monitoring of Employees in Ontario: Transparency is Not a Choice
Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor how work gets done. With the rise of hybrid and remote work, digital productivity tools, and AI‑enabled systems, workplace monitoring has become a key compliance issue for Ontario employers. Ontario does not have a single, comprehensive statute gov … Read more »
- Boundaries of Duty to Accommodate
DECISION: Cillis v. Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, 2025 HRTO 1717 A decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“Tribunal”) explores the boundaries of the duty to accommodate in the workplace, raising important questions about how far employers must go to meet accommodation requests … Read more »
- AI in the Workplace Starts With Mindset
Most conversations about AI at work focus on which tools to adopt and what policies to put in place. Those things matter, but they are not actually where the hard work happens. The harder work is getting your team into the right headspace to engage with change in the first place, and that is a cultu … Read more »
- Ontario’s New Long-Term Illness Leave: Compliance Is Only the Starting Point
Ontario’s introduction of long-term illness leave (“LTI Leave”) significantly expands statutory leave entitlements. While the statutory framework appears straightforward, the real legal risk lies in how it intersects with human rights accommodation obligations. The Statutory Framework Effective June … Read more »
- When to Keep Humans in the Loop
AI is a useful tool for managing people in the workplace. It can track performance trends, flag patterns in attendance or productivity, and surface data that would have taken a manager hours to pull together. Used well, it makes day-to-day management faster and more informed. The problem is not the … Read more »