By: Ted Panagiotoulias We’re saying it. Defined vacation time beats unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO). While the concept of unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) may seem appealing at first glance,…
By: Nastaran Roushan The current American backlash on immigration, can be Canada’s gain. While Canada has narrowed the paths to immigrate here, there are still programs that Canadian employers can…
By: Nastaran Roushan Overview The benefits and disadvantages of social media have been debated within many contexts, including in the employment realm. The benefits are many. Social media is an…
By. Ted Panagiotoulias What do you do when an employee’s off-duty social media posts become a complaint at work? Off-duty social media conduct has become a common source of concern…
By. Samantha Seabrook In the digital era, where the boundaries between personal and professional lives are increasingly porous, social media has become an extension of the workplace when employee expression…
By: Nastaran Roushan DEI is the Future. Financing Can Help Us Get There As Canada moves to create more relationships with countries across the globe, it is more important than…
By: Ted Panagiotoulias May Day—International Workers’ Day—has always been a time to reflect on the achievements of the labour movement. In today’s rapidly evolving world of work, it is also…
By: Samantha Seabrook More than 5 years ago, the world discovered a new way of working. The knowledge economy moved en masse to work-from-home, and since then, the debate has…
The question of whether or not an employee is entitled to their bonus upon leaving their job is not so much a question of whether they are terminated by the employer or whether they resign, but rather, whether the bonus has already been earned and is payable at the time of departure. As such, the answer will almost always depend on the language of the employment contract.
By: Karina Pogosyan Employers often worry (with good reason) about protecting their confidential information. After all, organizations typically derive business advantage by ensuring exclusive use of their confidential, proprietary information.…