Stay on the leading edge of Human Resources change Change is a constant in the human resources world – with new laws and court decisions and the evolution of best practices. Employers must take the lead in responding to these emerging challenges – and Hicks Morley is pleased to be your partner in navigating this…
Practice Area: Information, Data Security & Privacy
2014 Toronto Client Conference
Stay on the leading edge of Human Resources change Change is a constant in the human resources world – with new laws and court decisions and the evolution of best practices. Employers must take the lead in responding to these emerging challenges – and Hicks Morley is pleased to be your partner in navigating this…
2014 Toronto Client Conference
Stay on the leading edge of Human Resources change Change is a constant in the human resources world – with new laws and court decisions and the evolution of best practices. Employers must take the lead in responding to these emerging challenges – and Hicks Morley is pleased to be your partner in navigating this…
2014 Toronto Client Conference
April 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 22, 24 and 29, 2014 View Map Stay on the leading edge of Human Resources change Change is a constant in the human resources world – with new laws and court decisions and the evolution of best practices. Employers must take the lead in responding to these emerging challenges…
Ontario Government Proposes New Public Sector Compensation Restraint Legislation
On Monday, March 24, 2014, the Ontario government introduced Bill 179, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014. If passed, Bill 179 would give the government the authority to create comprehensive compensation frameworks for certain employers in the broader public sector (“BPS”), and would implement a number of measures to enhance “accountability…
Privacy Rights vs. Union’s Duty to Represent its Membership: The Bernard Case Concludes
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal in Bernard v. Canada (Attorney General), thus ending the “legal odyssey” of an employee who did not want her personal information disclosed to the unions which she declined to join during her years of employment with the federal government, but to which she was mandatorily obligated to…
CASL – Is Your Organization Ready?
Agenda The much anticipated coming into force date for CASL (Canada’s Anti Spam Legislation) has been set for July 1, 2014. CASL enacts broadly-applicable law that governs the sending of “commercial electronic messages” as well as other communication practices used by legitimate businesses. While the regulation will affect some organizations more than others, CASL compliance…
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation to Come into Force on July 1, 2014
On December 4, 2013, the Department of Industry published the final version of the Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (the “Industry Canada Regulations”) under Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”) – the last step in the long process of putting a comprehensive regulatory scheme into place. At the same time, the government announced that much of CASL would…
Federal Government Releases Final Anti-Spam (CASL) Regulations
On December 4, 2013, the federal government published final Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (“final ECP Regulations”) under Canada’s Anti-spam Legislation (“CASL”). As previously reported, CASL enacts comprehensive anti-spam legislation relating to the sending of commercial electronic messages (“CEMs”). Earlier proposed regulations under CASL had been released for consultation in July, 2011, and again on January 5, 2013 with…
Supreme Court of Canada Hears Case Involving the Intersection of Privacy and Labour Relations Rights
The Supreme Court of Canada recently heard an appeal that involves the intersection of privacy rights with a union’s duty of representation to its membership. At issue was the request of the appellant that her employer not disclose her personal information to her union, to which she was obligated to pay dues but declined to…