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Workplace harassment: Out of the woods and back at work

Tiger Woods is returning to work this week to play in the Masters. His return to golf is predicted to bring an enormous boost to television ratings with everyone curious as to just what the reception will be like and how he will fare under the pressure. There are certainly parallels to a traditional workplace,

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Employee dismissals and terminations: Up in the air…

…is where I was yesterday, returning from vacation. As I was flying, I had the opportunity to catch up on some films that I hadn’t seen, including the Academy Award nominated film, “Up in the Air”. For those of you not months behind in your film watching like me, you will know this is the

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The mobile workforce: Employment transfers

I was speaking at the Ontario Bar Association’s Annual Institute 2010 program last week. The session was entitled “Navigating the International Assignment Maze” and I was asked to speak about employment law implications. Surprisingly, there are quite a few! Although we have heard less in the last few years about the mobile workforce or employees

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Be it resolved…

The passing of December 31 causes many of us to consider resolutions for the New Year. What will we do differently? How will we behave better? What will change? As employment lawyers, if we could suggest our top 5 resolutions for employers and employees for 2010, they would be: 1. Prepare written employment contracts for

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Just ‘fess up!

I was thinking this past week about the FIFA world cup qualifying match between France and Ireland. If you haven’t heard, France won after their captain allegedly handled the ball, resulting in the winning goal. Irish fans were irate that the captain of the French team did not admit his alleged violation. In the workplace,

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