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Expert insights on HR, compliance, investigations, and workplace law. Read practical, bilingual articles from D&DCPD Workplace Protection & Compliance Group.

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Our blog brings together practical HR advice, compliance updates, and real-world lessons from workplaces across Canada.

Whether you’re an employer, manager, or employee, you’ll find stories and strategies to help you stay compliant, confident, and fair.

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D&DCPD Workplace Protection Newsletter: Are Your Workplace Policies Complete — and Are Your Employment Contracts Actually Protecting You?

Canadian employers have had to absorb a steady stream of workplace compliance changes over the past year. For Ontario employers in particular, the changes have affected hiring, job postings, medical notes, employee onboarding, workplace harassment, washroom obligations, job-protected leaves, and the way employment contracts and termination clauses are being interpreted. For many businesses, the problem is not that they are intentionally non-compliant. The problem is that thei

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D&DCPD Workplace Protection Newsletter: Addiction in the Workplace: Safety, Accommodation, Culture, and the Cost of Silence

Addiction does not stop at the workplace door. It affects employees, employers, co-workers, families, safety, productivity, morale, and workplace culture. For too long, many workplaces have treated addiction as a discipline issue only. That is a mistake. Substance use and addiction can create serious workplace risks, including absenteeism, reduced performance, conflict, accidents, impairment, safety concerns, and legal liability. But addiction can also be connected to disabil

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D&DCPD Workplace Protection Newsletter: One Firing. Thirty-Three (33) Months of Pay. Why You Should Call Before You Act.

A recent Ontario wrongful dismissal decision is a major warning for employers and employees. In Wilsher v. Olympic Wholesale, an Ontario employer was ordered to pay a dismissed supervisor 33 months of pay after the court found there was no just cause for dismissal and that the employer acted in bad faith. That is almost three years of income. The lesson is simple: Whether you are an employer making a termination decision, or an employee being told to resign, sign, or accept a

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D&DCPD Workplace Protection Newsletter: Are Your Workplace Policies Complete — and Are Your Employment Contracts Actually Protecting You?

D&DCPD Workplace Protection Newsletter: Addiction in the Workplace: Safety, Accommodation, Culture, and the Cost of Silence

D&DCPD Workplace Protection Newsletter: One Firing. Thirty-Three (33) Months of Pay. Why You Should Call Before You Act.