18 h. ago Howard Levitt: Lessons learned from recent employment law cases

Here's a selection of recent and noteworthy employment law cases from across Canada

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3 d. ago Howard Levitt: Protecting your most valuable asset — confidential information

Many companies have separate policies defining what information is 'confidential' and setting out an employee’s obligations

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1 week ago Howard Levitt: Stiffing employees is a blight on Hudson’s Bay legacy

The fall of HBC should be about change, not nostalgia. Taking care of its employees could have been part of its legacy

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2 w. ago Howard Levitt: Dispelling common myths about summer vacation time

Much of what employees assume are summer 'rights' are, legally speaking, privileges — and entirely at the employer’s discretion

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3 w. ago Howard Levitt: Beware the lawyer who is good at ‘settling cases’

Be skeptical of the 'settlers' who avoid courtrooms like the plague and achieve poor settlements as a result

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3 w. ago Howard Levitt: It’s time to evaluate performance and spring clean your payroll

Taking stock of who is working and who is not is the first step when considering a payroll spring cleaning

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