Author Profile: Cameron Hilker
Lack of a written employment contract and clear policies cost an employer almost $2 million
2/20/2024
Though it may surprise some, a lot of employment agreements are made orally. Sometimes it works out well. However, by creating an oral agreement, you put y...
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Short-term employees can sometimes receive a substantial reasonable notice period
2/9/2024It is hard to find a new job after you are fired regardless of the reason for the termination. The law recognizes this. In Ontario, employees are entitled ...
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Timmins-Area Gold Mine Worker Gets Fired For Testing Positive For Marijuana Twice
8/25/2023Timmins-area Gold Mine Worker Gets Fired For Testing Positive For Marijuana Twice In a 2015 blog post, Suzanne Desrosiers wrote that the legalization of m...
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Interesting Employment Law Cases Of The First Half Of 2023
7/12/2023We are already past the first half of 2023. Already there have been several interesting employment law cases. This blog will focus on those interesting cas...
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An Ontario Court of Appeal decision confirms that employers cannot discriminate in the hiring process
7/11/2023It can be easy for employers to forget that they have human rights obligations to job applicants from the moment that the job is posted. In other words, ap...
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Slurs At Work Can Be Discriminatory
6/16/2023Words have different meanings to different people. What one sees as a slur may not be seen as a slur by another. However, what makes a word a slur in the l...
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The Importance Of Civility During And After A Termination
6/9/2023Though my blogs talk a lot about the legal aspects of termination, it is important to always remember that there is a human element to termination. It is h...
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Employers Are Required To Work With Their Employee To Make An Accommodation Plan
6/8/2023There is a procedural component in the duty to accommodate. In other words, an employer needs to work with the employee, who needs accommodation, to determ...
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An Employer Wins A Work-From-Home Time Theft Case
5/30/2023Time theft is not a new issue in the workplace. In places with sign-in machines, a person could ask their friend to sign them in if they are running late f...
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Recent Court Rulings Explain How And When Employers Can Lay Off Their Employees
5/23/2023Recent court rulings explain how and when employers can lay-off their employees In a matter of just three weeks, a couple of major decisions on the use of...
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