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Mind Your Business: HR Issues When Starting, Buying, or Selling • Fire Away S7E08

Peter Cusimano, a Toronto business lawyer, joins Stuart for a discussion on the HR issues that should be considered when starting, buying, or selling a business. 

 

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Frequently Asked Questions with A Canadian Business Owner/Employer • Fire Away S7E03

Stuart is joined by Mark Robins, a Canadian business owner and employer, to answer some frequently asked questions that are top of mind right now in Canadian employment law. 

Fire Away: Workplace TikTok trends from an employment law perspective.

Quiet quitting. Rage applying. You've heard them all - but what do these buzzwords mean, if anything, in a legal context? In this episode, Brittany Taylor and Geoffrey Lowe are explaining these trendy concepts from an employment law perspective. 

 

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What you need to know about the ”change of substratum” doctrine and employment contracts.

In this update, Stuart talks about why an otherwise valid employment contract may not be valid if the employee's duties and responsibilities have changed - even if their title remains the same.

At what point is a contract ”frustrated”, and what does that mean?

In this update, Stuart talks about frustration of contract - and to be clear, that doesn’t mean someone is frustrated. Frustration of a contract occurs at law when the circumstances change and it becomes impossible to fulfill.

Pivot, pivot, PIVOT! How to make changes without risking constructive dismissal claims.

Remember that episode of Friends where Ross tries to move a couch up the stairs, and ends up screaming "pivot, pivot, pivot!" at Chandler and Rachel? That's become a frequently quoted scene. The HR world has become a big supporter of pivoting, and in this video, Nadia talks about how employers can pivot through changes, like the pandemic, without risking constructive dismissal claims.

Should you lie to your boss about how ”remote” you really are?

If you’re a remote worker, is it okay to lie to your employer about being at home when you’re really working from an exotic location? It might sound pretty harmless, especially if you get your work done. But Stuart has some concerns that you should be aware of before you make a big move.

Legal Implications of Having Employees Outside of the Province or Country

Brittany is joined by Jacqueline Bart and Serge Boudreau to discuss the implications of having employees working outside of Ontario or outside of Canada.

Fire Away - Career Development and Employment Law Perspectives in the World of Work

Stuart is joined by Lisa Taylor. Lisa is President of the Challenge Factory, she is a speaker, researcher, and consultant on today’s changing world of work. She is also an author, having written The Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work and the Retain and Gain series of career management playbooks for small businesses and non-profits and charities.

Original air date: November 17th, 2020.

Post-Termination Entitlements to Compensation or Bonuses

Stuart Rudner gives a video update on a case he reported on almost exactly two years ago - Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada has now weighed in on the issue of when employees will be entitled to things like bonuses or other variable compensation post termination.