From employee time-theft and expense claims, to federal labour strikes and changing remote work plans, the courts and employment lawyers alike have responded to a variety of issues impacting both employers and employees.
Successful, strong workplace connections are bound by implicit fidelity, honesty and trust.
As long as employees stay home week after week, resources, transit and infrastructure that we used to enjoy in our cities may begin to vanish before our very eyes.
For the uninitiated, Don Lemon, star anchor of CNN, was taken off air in February following comments that U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley “isn’t in her prime,” and doubled down when he expounded “A woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s, and maybe 40s.”
A Ministry of Labour-led investigation reportedly uncovered a scheme where several labour inspectors claimed overtime for time spent eating and drinking coffee at restaurants with colleagues.
Park managed inventory employees and also monitored inventory and sales, setting prices and negotiating with vendors. He had security access in several Costco systems and could edit the price and description of products. He earned $74,600 in the role.
According to the report, in 2020, 10% of Canadian workers were gig workers. The benefits of gig work is obvious — plenty of freedom and flexibility; but the downside is obvious too. Gig workers don’t have stable pay, no or low benefits, can often find it difficult to chase down payment for work done, and don’t have an obvious legal forum to have disputes resolved.
March is a time of transition, of wondering if the grass is greener somewhere else; it’s a time to ponder the road never travelled. For many employees, it is also a time to start anew. A true spring rebirth, on the heels of sweeping restructuring across various sectors.
The termination trend seemed to have gained momentum after the culling of employees at Twitter, including Amazon terminating 18,000 employees and another 12,000 terminated from Google.
After tumbling down a Google rabbit hole, most employees look for some standard by which to compare their offer on termination. In my experience, many employees typically come across law blogs touting that employees are entitled to (hopefully) a month per year of service.
