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Bill 132: Obligation or opportunity?

May 5, 2016 | By Christine Thomlinson

Starting our own business gave us the opportunity to create the kind of place where we wanted to work – the kind of working environment that would have us excited about heading to work each Monday, as opposed to lying awake on Sunday night dreading the start of another work week. I am truly grateful

Again? Making the case for workplace investigation “do-overs”

April 21, 2016 | By Janice Rubin

From time to time, we are retained to redo a workplace investigation that an employer has already done. The prompts for our work on these occasions are different. Sometimes, on review of the report (or in the case where none is produced) the employer itself knows there is a problem with the process or the

Bill 132 in the post-secondary context

April 19, 2016

I recently had a rare free Saturday night and sat down on my couch to binge on Netflix. As I was scrolling through the recommendations I saw that the controversial documentary “The Hunting Ground” was recommended for me. The movie is about alleged sexual assaults and sexual violence on American university campuses and the responses

Managerial responsibility – workplace complaints

February 29, 2016

I had the opportunity to participate recently in a discussion on managerial action/inaction in relation to harassment complaints. One of the participants commented that it was hard to believe, but true, that there were still managers in her workplace who did not take action of any sort after an employee had reported concerns of harassment

Addressing sexual violence in Ontario’s colleges and universities

November 10, 2015 | By Cory Boyd

On October 27, 2015, the Ontario government tabled its Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment) 2015 (the “Act”). Last week my colleague Janice Rubin wrote about the implications for employers of the amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act. This week, I am considering the implications for Ontario’s colleges

Ontario’s new Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act and why workplace investigations have suddenly become more important

November 2, 2015 | By Janice Rubin

On October 27, 2015, the Ontario government tabled its Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment) 2015 (the “Act”). The Act amends the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and in particular, those provisions brought in through Bill 168 in 2010 that set out employers’ obligations to have

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