Insights

Hicks Morley publishes a number of materials, both electronic and print, on issue-specific and sector-specific topics of interest to our clients. Our insights section has links to all of our various publications, updates and blogs, both current and historical, to keep you informed of developments in the law that impact human resources.


Human Resources Legislative Update

ESA Blitz This Fall to Target Repeat Violators

· 1 min read By: Mireille Khoraych

The Ministry of Labour has announced that from September 1, 2016 to October 31, 2016, employment standards officers will conduct blitzes targeting employers who have a history of non-compliance with the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The blitz will primarily target sectors where there is a level of precarious employment, including personal care and professional…

FTR Now

Ontario Announces New Sexual Violence and Harassment Intervention Training for Bartenders and Servers

· 4 min read By: Donna M. D’Andrea, Karina Pylypczuk

On September 8, 2016, significant amendments to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) outlined in the Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment) came into force…

Human Resources Legislative Update

Reminder: New Employer Workplace Harassment Obligations Now in Force

· 2 min read By: Nadine S. Zacks

Effective today, significant reforms to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) are coming into force which place additional duties on employers with respect to the prevention of workplace harassment. As previously reported, these changes were outlined in Bill 132, Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016…

FTR Now

Ontario Moves Forward with BPS Executive Compensation Restraint

· 10 min read By: Paul E. Broad, Amanda Hunter

On September 6, 2016, the Ontario government published Ontario Regulation 304/16 “Executive Compensation Framework” (Regulation) under the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act, 2014 (BPSECA), which provides the compensation framework in accordance with which compensation programs for “designated executives” under the BPSECA must be developed, including a detailed process and specific one-year timeline for their development…

Case In Point

Federal Privacy Commissioner Uses Ashley Madison Incident to Promote Good Information Governance

· 2 min read By: Daniel Michaluk

Organizations subject to Canadian privacy law should be aware that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (together with the Australian Information Commissioner) recently issued a report on the 2015 breach of the Ashley Madison website – a breach that affected nearly 35 million individuals who had used the online dating site for adults…

FTR Now

Changing Workplaces Review – Focus on Temporary Help Agencies and their Clients

· 7 min read By: Paul E. Broad, Craig S. Rix

For the past month, we have reported extensively on the Interim Report issued on July 27, 2016 by the Special Advisors undertaking the Changing Workplaces Review. Previous issues of the FTR Now have reported on potential changes to Personal Emergency Leave, the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA), and the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA)…