When are non-competition and non-solicitation clauses enforceable in Canada? A recent Ontario decision examined these clauses in the context of an employment agreement. Source: New feed […]
As the use of contingent workers continues to grow, many companies are trying to determine how to effectively assimilate these workers into their organizations, extend their […]
As the economy becomes more global, dispersed and mobile, it’s not uncommon for potential employees to find themselves interviewing with organizations where they never actually have […]
Staff training on how to spot deepfakes—manipulated audio and video made to look as if it documents events that really happened—should become as standard as training […]
Parents can take Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time off to attend special education meetings—called individualized education program meetings—for children with serious health conditions, according […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can’t treat its guidance on criminal background checks—which states that using such checks may not be lawful in some circumstances—as […]
Federal immigration officials arrested approximately 680 undocumented workers Aug. 7 at several food-processing plants in Mississippi, as the Trump administration cracks down on workplaces that hire […]
In The Price of Pettiness (SHRM, 2019), you’ll find the STOMP Checklist–a tool to not only make yourself aware of your own petty workplace behavior, but […]
Robots are starting to take human jobs, and it’s going to continue until machines handle 52 percent of jobs currently handled by hourly human workers. But […]