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Employment laws – do they apply when your employees travel?

By Doug MacLeod Geographical barriers don’t exist in today’s business world. But when your employees travel outside Ontario for work, have you considered which employment laws apply? And if this…

Employment / Labour
Opinion

Code of conduct can protect employer’s reputation

While some believe limiting a person’s right to comment on an employer in their private time amounts to a violation of freedom of expression, one negative Tweet or Facebook post…

Employment / Labour

The truth about workplace investigations

By Doug MacLeod The truth about workplace investigations is that the cost of inadequately or completely failing to investigate workplace issues has risen dramatically in recent years. This failure to…

Employment / Labour
Opinion

Employment law changes, rules and exceptions that matter

By Doug MacLeod At MacLeod Law Firm, we restrict our practice to labour and employment law. There are many statutes that apply to employees and employers and only a firm…

Employment / Labour
Opinion

Lessons from a recent court ruling on terminating a disabled employee

By Doug MacLeod Recent court ruling: Terminating a disabled employee can lead to human rights damages that are MUCH greater than those for wrongful dismissal A March 2013 decision by…

Employment / Labour
Opinion

What questions are off-limits when it comes to background checks?

By Doug MacLeod Background checks – screening new hires while avoiding human rights liabilities A bad hire is not only expensive but time consuming. According to one source, comprehensive background checks reveal…

Employment / Labour
Opinion

Employment reforms could overwhelm small businesses

Several recommendations outlined in a recent report aimed at reforming the province’s Employment Standards Act could increase labour costs and will likely be met with resistance from small employers, says…

Employment / Labour

Cases should hit home for employers monitoring emails

Two recent court decisions should resonate with employers who monitor employee Internet and personal email use on workplace computers, Toronto employment lawyer Doug MacLeod writes in Lawyers Weekly. Read Lawyers…

Employment / Labour

How best to enforce a non-solicitation clause

By Doug MacLeod The main issue regarding a non-solicitation clause: Will departing employees take customers with them? To plan for this worst case scenario, we like to ask at the time of…

Employment / Labour
Opinion

Employment law risks for non-profit boards

By Doug MacLeod For over 20 years, the MacLeod Law Firm has been advising non-profit executives and boards of directors. Here are the five most important issues that non-profit boards and…