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Should AI be used to draft employment agreements or HR policies?

AI may have its benefits, but not for everything, say employment lawyers highlighting the risks

Should AI be used to draft employment agreements or HR policies?

Are your employees 'quiet vacationing' this summer?

'The story is not so much about deceptive employees, it's about 'Why are we asking people to do the impossible?''

Are your employees 'quiet vacationing' this summer?

Timing is everything: don’t delay when terminating with just cause

'You have to act in that moment': employment lawyer explains how waiting to terminate can thwart just cause

Timing is everything: don’t delay when terminating with just cause

Employer's misconceptions make worker's firing for safety infraction, dishonesty 'excessive'

'The employer just didn't do their own thorough investigation about what actually happened'

Employer's misconceptions make worker's firing for safety infraction, dishonesty 'excessive'

Worker who took documents breached duty of good faith, but had no fiduciary duty: court

If an employee is not 'given scope or discretion to exercise authority or influence, it's unlikely they're considered a fiduciary,' says lawyer

Worker who took documents breached duty of good faith, but had no fiduciary duty: court

Manitoba worker constructively dismissed but denied 24 months' notice

'That's a very strong decision for employers and probably overdue,' says employment lawyer offering tips for HR

Manitoba worker constructively dismissed but denied 24 months' notice

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