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- Just because it's in your employment contract doesn't mean it's enforceable
By Howard Levitt and Peter Carey “So it is written, so it shall be done!â€� This phrase is exclaimed frequently by Yul Brynner as Ramses II in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 epic The Ten Commandments. That may have been true in ancient Egypt (according to Mr. DeMille anyway) but it is not true in moder … Read more »
- How workplace investigations quietly stripped power away from CEOs
Twenty years ago, the most powerful people inside major corporations were obvious. The CEO. The board chair. Perhaps the founder. Occasionally the CFO. Today, during moments of internal crisis, the balance of power inside many organizations is very different. What I see in my board advisory work is … Read more »
- Boards are quick to fire CEOs in a crisis, only to find the crisis remains
By the time a board hires outside counsel to investigate a senior executive, the real governance failure has usually already occurred. This is the lesson I have most seen in my board advisory work. The specific misconduct may be new. The lack of insight into the problems that led to it rarely is. In … Read more »
- Canadian workplaces have a conflict problem — but not in the way you think
By Howard Levitt and Dante Capannelli A manager avoids giving direct feedback to an underperforming employee for fear of triggering a complaint. A supervisor hesitates before documenting misconduct because the employee has previously raised concerns about workplace culture. An HR team delays discipl … Read more »
- Employee mental health concerns now at the core of workplace litigation
By Howard Levitt and Jeffrey Buchan There has been a quiet but unmistakable shift in Canadian workplaces — one that many employers do not fully grasp until it is too late. Employee mental health is no longer a peripheral concern confined to cases of harassment or abuse . Increasingly, it sits at t … Read more »