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	<title>Northern Exposure</title>
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	<description>Now with Fasken Martineau</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Limits Placed on Videotaping Picket Line Activities</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/30/limits-placed-on-videotaping-picket-line-activities/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/30/limits-placed-on-videotaping-picket-line-activities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Knoechel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Picketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Union-Labor Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United Food and Commercial Workers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[videotaping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[West Edmonton Mall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In October and November 2006, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 were on strike and picketing at Palace Casino, located at one of Canada’s largest malls &#8212; West Edmonton Mall. Striking union members pointed a video camera at the entrance of the casino, recording the image of everyone who crossed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Strike Against Wal-Mart in Quebec: Arbitrator Imposes Collective Agreement</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/23/another-strike-against-wal-mart-in-quebec-arbitrator-imposes-collective-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/23/another-strike-against-wal-mart-in-quebec-arbitrator-imposes-collective-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominique Launay</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Arbitration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada Supreme Court decisions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Collective Agreements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Union-Labor Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the last five years, two Wal-Mart big-box stores in Quebec have been the subject of certification applications filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW). The first store to be unionized was located in the town of Jonquière. Wal-Mart decided to close down that operation in 2005 immediately after the union applied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the Unpaid Intern in Canada</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/15/beware-the-unpaid-intern-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/15/beware-the-unpaid-intern-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Parchello</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Economy and the Workplace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Compensation, Benefits, and Pensions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Standards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unpaid intern]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/?p=440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the unfortunate outcomes of the current economic climate is that there are fewer jobs to go around for students. Summer and graduating students who have relied on summer jobs for experience and training are finding few opportunities out there.

To solve this problem, many students and graduates are reaching out to companies to offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Termination Clauses in Canadian Employment Contracts</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/09/termination-clauses-in-canadian-employment-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/09/termination-clauses-in-canadian-employment-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canada Supreme Court decisions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Contracts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Katie Clayton and Farrah Sunderani

If you include a termination benefit in a Canadian employment agreement, it is important to be precise. As discussed in previous Northern Exposure entries, employers in Canada must provide notice or pay in lieu of notice when terminating an employee without cause. This minimum requirement is legislated in employment laws [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers’ Compensation Claim for Mental Stress Allowed</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/02/workers-compensation-claim-for-mental-stress-allowed/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/06/02/workers-compensation-claim-for-mental-stress-allowed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workers' Compensation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mental stress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peter Plesner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Derek Knoechel and Lorene Novakowski

Canadian provinces have workers’ compensation legislation that provides a no-fault system of compensation for injuries suffered on the job. The system covers lost wages, medical aid, and rehabilitation for the injured worker and generally removes the injured worker’s ability to sue the employer. The workers’ compensation system is funded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing Pension Costs in Canada During Hard Times</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/26/reducing-pension-costs-in-canada-during-hard-times/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/26/reducing-pension-costs-in-canada-during-hard-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 10:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyne Duhaime</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Economy and the Workplace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Compensation, Benefits, and Pensions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent decline in financial markets has caused Canadian pension plans to become significantly underfunded. For instance, in Québec close to 97 percent of all defined benefit pension plans are currently underfunded.

As this continues, many employers may look for ways to reduce pension costs or at least offset increases of those costs. Such losses can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario’s Workplace Violence and Harassment Law Overreaches</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/19/ontarios-workplace-violence-and-harassment-law-overreaches/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/19/ontarios-workplace-violence-and-harassment-law-overreaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Smeenk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Policies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bill 168]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harassment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[workplace violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ACME Insurance Company employs 500 employees and managers at its Toronto head office. They work in a pleasant, some might even say tranquil, office environment. In the 50-year history of the company, there has never been any hint of violent behavior in the workplace. To the contrary, some people find it too quiet there.

Bawring, Bawring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weathering the Economic Storm in Canada: Restructuring and Employees’ Rights</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/12/restructuring-and-employees-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/12/restructuring-and-employees-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Economy and the Workplace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Collective Agreements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Compensation, Benefits, and Pensions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Union-Labor Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act - BIA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Companies Creditors Arrangement Act - CCAA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[restructuring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Leanne Fioravanti and Stephen Acker

In these tough financial times, a number of companies are trying to reorganize themselves in order to avoid insolvency or bankruptcy. In Canada, there are several laws that help facilitate this process: the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA). For the most part, employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attendance Management Programs and Human Rights</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/05/attendance-management-programs-and-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/05/attendance-management-programs-and-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derek Knoechel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Absenteeism and Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arbitration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Collective Agreements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Union-Labor Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[absenteeism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Canadia Auto Workers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Managing absenteeism can be a significant challenge for Canadian employers. A wide variety of factual situations may be complicated by employment standards, privacy and human rights laws, as well as any applicable union agreements.

An example of the potential challenges of implementing an attendance management program (AMP) is the decade-long battle between Coast Mountain Bus Company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Bill Introduced to Curb Workplace Violence and Harassment</title>
		<link>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/05/new-bill-introduced-to-curb-workplace-violence-and-harassment/</link>
		<comments>http://employmentlawpost.com/northernexposure/2009/05/05/new-bill-introduced-to-curb-workplace-violence-and-harassment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 09:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Sargeant</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment Regulation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Health and Safety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[harassment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Occupational Health and Safety Act]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[workplace violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario is looking to reduce violence and harassment in the workplace. To that end,
Bill 168, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace, received first reading on April 20, 2009. Bill 168, if passed, would amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).

The key [...]]]></description>
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