On January 26, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada issued a new position on the protection of online reputation. In doing so the OPC recognized a right to have personal information de-indexed from search engine results if it is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date. Although the position is in draft, is nonetheless of…
Tag: Social Media
Dolores Barbini Mentioned in Canadian Lawyer on Social Media Monitoring
Hicks Morley’s Dolores Barbini is quoted in the December 19, 2016 Canadian Lawyer article titled “Social Media Monitoring.” The article describes the recent arbitration case, Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 113 v. Toronto Transit Commission (Use of Social Media Grievance)
Stephanie Jeronimo and Julia Nanos Publish an Article in the Winter Edition of OMHRA’s Newsletter ECHO
Hicks Morley’s Stephanie Jeronimo and Julia Nanos co-authored an article in the winter edition of ECHO, a newsletter published by the Ontario Municipal Human Resources Association. In the article, entitled “Off-Duty Social Media Posts by Employees can be Cause for Discipline – Including Discharge” three recent arbitrations are examined, where the grievors had been discharged for off-duty posts…
Arbitrators Address Off-Duty Social Media Comments
Two recent City of Toronto arbitrations have addressed the issue of discipline for off-duty social media comments. On November 12, 2014, Arbitrator Elaine Newman found that the social media comments of an off-duty Toronto firefighter, which disparaged women, the disabled and visible minorities (among others), constituted serious misconduct and damaged the reputation of the Toronto…
Ted Kovacs Quoted in Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Hicks Morley’s Ted Kovacs was quoted in the February 2011 edition of Canadian Lawyer Magazine, in the Legal Report: Labour & Employment section. The article, “Facebook is the new water cooler”, discusses the emerging caselaw dealing with the off-duty comment of employees in the context of social media: Is it free and fair speech? or…