Canada Labour Code Policy Mandate to Investigate
Effective January 1, 2021, Canada enacted new regulations and revised the Canada Labour Code which expanded the legal obligations of employers with respect to the issue of preventing and responding…
Policy Manual on Harassment, Discrimination and Workplace Violence
Harassment and Workplace Violence Policy PURPOSE This policy is established to protect our employees from harassment and workplace violence. It applies to all employees, contractors whether they be full-time or…
The Benefits of the Investigation
The need to conduct a proper and effective investigation of a human rights complaint is important for two reasons, over and above the mandate to do so as part of…
Statutory Mandate to Investigate
The Occupational Health and Safety Act in Ontario makes it mandatory for the employer to maintain and implement a policy to ensure its workforce remains free from threats of workplace…
Due Diligence Defence
Ontario’s Code has a provision which deems the employer liable for the acts of its employees which may attract liability under the Code. This subsection, 46.3(1), does not, however, apply…
British Columbia Investigation
B.C. requires an employer to make meaningful investigation of an apparent human rights violation. In Bertrend v Golder Associates, the employer’s decision to terminate the probationary employment of the complainant…
Duty of the Employer to Investigate
The investigation of any human rights complaint, is, of course, is a prudent course of conduct for many business and humane considerations, legal issues aside. When the issue is first…