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Top 10 Webinar Follow-Up: Key Case Law Updates on Metrolinx & AMAPCEO

Recently, my partners, Janice Rubin and Christine Thomlinson, and I presented Rubin Thomlinson’s “Top 10 Workplace Investigation Cases of 2024” webinar. We had a packed agenda and, as a result, we were unable to get to two cases that revisited two arbitral decisions that had been “top cases” in previous webinars.

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“Accent translation” software? It’s time to flip the script on linguistic hierarchies

Language discrimination is a harmful reality in many workplaces, and employers need to be proactive in not only preventing it, but in celebrating and promoting language diversity. In a world where 281 million people live in countries other than where they were born, and with a record number of Canadians (13%) reporting a first language other than English or French, this issue is more important than ever. The rise of controversial new voice-altering technology, which perpetuates existing hierarchies about who speaks English with the “right” accent and who does not, adds to this urgency.

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