Social media still grey zone for HR departments: Caution is advised
By: Miriam Anbar for The Lawyer’s Daily | Spider-Man first appeared in 1962 in Marvel’s Amazing Fantasy No.15. While much has changed since the 1960s, one line from the comic still holds true today — “With great power, comes great responsibility”… Read more →
Payroll Professionals and the Duty to Accommodate
By: Jordan Rodney for Dialogue Magazine | It is no secret that the role of a payroll professional within an organization is constantly evolving. Anyone familiar with this role will be able to acknowledge the myriad of hats that payroll professionals wear on a regular basis. Not only are they tasked with managing the organization’s […]
Communicating Through Text Messages with Employees: A Cautionary Tale
Written by: Arjun Dhir Email, text message, iMessage, WhatsApp – these are some of the many means of communication in today’s digital age which continue to expand. In the employment sphere, technology has rapidly changed the way in which an organization communicates with its employees. Gone are the days of carefully drafting an email or […]
The Ugly Truth: Discriminatory Hiring Practices
Delta Staffing Services came under fire recently when they posted a job ad stating male employees would receive higher compensation than their female counterparts, CityNews reports. As well, for a similar posting, Delta noted they were preferably looking for those of Asian and European cultures. Pay equity (equal pay for male jobs and female jobs), […]
When Online Trolls Cost You Your Job: Did Nintendo Fail to Protect its Employee?
There has been a lot of buzz recently about Nintendo’s decision to terminate its employee Alison Rapp. Rapp was a product manager for Nintendo who held spokesperson status and regularly represented the company on social media. Recently, Rapp was targeted by online trolls and harassed with respect to Nintendo’s decision to tone down its sexualization […]
Anyone Can be a Target: Dealing with Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
What do you think about when you hear the term “sexual harassment”? Sexual harassment in employment is often believed to involve unwanted comments, contact or attention towards females by male perpetrators. Sexual harassment may be thought of in this way as a result of statistics that have shown there to be more reports of sexual […]
Closing the New Gender Gap: Assessing Issues of Gender Identity in the Workplace
Last fall, a 10-year-old Vancouver girl and her family made headlines for her fight to get her birth certificate amended. It was not for any name or address change though; Harriette Cunningham has transitioned from a boy to a girl and wants her government-issued paperwork to reflect this. Other stories have come forward of individuals […]