Employees Must Participate In The Accommodation Process in Canada

It’s never easy to talk about mental illness – particularly not with your employer. However, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal recently held that even if it’s uncomfortable, an employee may have the obligation to discuss their condition with the employer in order to allow the employer to come up with a proper accommodation.

Last April, in K.B v S.S, 2016 BCHRT 61, the British-Columbia Human Rights Tribunal found that an employee failed in his […]

By | June 14th, 2016 ||

Four lessons employers need to know about terminating employment over personal social media posts

The use of social media as a necessary means of communication in business has been so widely recognised that many employers now have social media policies in place to ensure that employees are aware of what is appropriate use of social media, and what is not – and an employer who doesn’t, should!

Social media unavoidably blurs the boundaries between public and private and the blurred line has led to employers scratching their heads over […]

By | June 13th, 2016 ||

Update On The Landmark Chilean Labour Reform Bill

Harris Gomez Group has previously provided an overview of the labour reform bill that addressed the more significant changes and outlined the true implications from a legal perspective. It can be found here.

A landmark labour reform bill in Chile is facing a last minute hurdle after a top court ruled that certain parts of the reform were unconstitutional, sending them back to Congress for discussion despite passing through both houses of Congress recently. […]

By | June 9th, 2016 ||