Canada: Ontario’s Action Plan To Stop Sexual Violence And Harassment

Originally published in Employment Update (March 2015)

Ontario’s government released its Action Plan, “It’s Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence and Harassment” this month. The Action Plan outlines the government’s proposals to raise public awareness and strengthen laws combatting sexual violence and harassment.

The Action Plan outlines the following goals:

Raising public awareness;
Providing more training for professionals;
Developing better outcomes for survivors through the justice system;
Creating generational change;
Creating safer workplaces; and,
Creating safer school campuses.
With respect […]

By | March 26th, 2015 ||

Supreme Court Of Canada Finds Constructive Dismissal Where Administrative Suspension Is Not Justified And Reasonable

The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench and the New Brunswick Court of Appeal in a new landmark constructive dismissal case: Potter v. New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission, 2015 SCC 10.

Potter was the executive director of the New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission (the “Commission”).  Approximately mid-way through the seven year contract term, in the spring of 2009, Potter and the Board of Directors (the “Board”) […]

By | March 25th, 2015 ||

United States: New Michigan Law Expands The Types Of Criminal Records Applicants & Employees Can Refuse To Disclose To Employers

Existing Michigan law has served to prevent private employers from considering criminal records “set aside” by law (more commonly known as expungement) in hiring and personnel decisions. An amendment to that law, which took effect on January 12, expands the circumstances under which ex-offenders may seek to set aside their criminal records and, thus, may further inhibit employers from accessing the criminal records of their applicants and employees. Employers who violate the law are […]

By | March 25th, 2015 ||