Sue Sadler, senior director of services for Peel Region at ACCES employment in Ontario, talks about issues employers and immigrants face in onboarding, and what can be done to accommodate new immigrants

Employment Law Videos

Employment law

Apr 10, 2012

Employee handbook essentials

Megan Burkett, a lawyer in Keyser Mason Ball's HR law group, talks about what essential items should be included in employee handbooks and common mistakes employers make.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

Mar 20, 2012

Is the worker a contractor or employee?

Simon Heath, a lawyer with Keyser Mason Ball LLP in Mississauga, Ont., talks about the difference between employees and contractors (both dependent and independent) and how companies can differentiate between the 2 for legal reasons.

Employment law

Feb 28, 2012

The basics of severance packages

Krista Siedlack, a lawyer with Bernardi Human Resource Law in Mississauga, Ont., talks about severance packages, including what HR should do to establish an employee's failure to mitigate.

LEGISLATION

Feb 21, 2012

Complying with Ontario's pay equity legislation

Carolyn Kay, a partner at Toronto law firm Hicks Morley, talks about the pay equity issues employers face, the hidden costs of non-compliance and how to deal with a request from Ontario's Pay Equity Commission

Employment law

Jan 4, 2012

What HR needs to know about constructive dismissal

K.C. Wysynski, an associate at Watershed LLP in Oakville, Ont., discusses constructive dismissal, including things for employees to consider when contemplating a lawsuit, the duty to mitigate and the outcome of the Evans v. Teamster Supreme Court of Canada ruling.

IMMIGRATION

Jul 26, 2011

Bringing foreign workers to Canada

Benjamin Kranc, an immigration lawyer in Toronto, talks about the process of hiring foreign workers for Canadian firms and what HR can do to make it easier.

DISABILITY LEAVE

May 10, 2011

Managing employees on disability

Allison Taylor, counsel with Stringer Brisbin Humphrey in Toronto, talks about how employers can effectively manage employees on disability leave.

IMMIGRATION

Mar 28, 2011

Hiring foreign workers

Sergio Karas, principal of Karas and Associates Immigration Lawyers in Toronto and author of the Global Business Immigration Handbook, talks about what employers and human resources professionals need to understand when hiring foreign workers.