Jack Graham and Lana Rafuse at McInnes Cooper have written a legal update for the law firm's newsletter titled, "10 Tips to Deal with Employee Discipline for Social Media Use" (March 1, 2012).

The tips are designed to assist employers in "drawing the line" on social media use and thus be in a position to discipline employees who go over the line. Taken directly from the article, their tips are:  read more »

The April 2012 edition of Canadian Lawyer magazine lists the following firms as the "Top 5" business immigration law boutiques in Canada:

1. Corporate Immigration Law Firm (Toronto) www.cimmigrationlaw.com
2. Egan LLP (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal) www.eganllp.com
3. Green and Spiegel LLP (Toronto) www.gands.com
4. Guberman Garson (Toronto) www.gubermangarson.com
5. Maynard Kischer Stojicevic (Vancouver) www.vancouverlaw.ca

Lauren M. Bernardi, a lawyer and human resource advisor with the Mississauga firm of Bernardi Human Resource Law, has prepared a list of the "10 Best Practices in Employment Law" (undated).

As further explained in the publication, her 10 best practices are:

1. Use a complete hiring strategy.
2. Use employment agreements. 
3. Use job descriptions. 
4. Use independent contractors only where appropriate.
5. Implement employee policies. 
6. Use progressive discipline. 
7. Implement a harassment policy. 
8. Conduct performance evaluations. 
9. Document, document, document. 
10. Be fair.

Lancaster House is continuing its "Top 10" theme for audioconferences. This time its an audioconference on March 3, 2011 addressing The Top 10 Human Rights Cases. The cases and the issues they address (quoted from Lancaster) are:  read more »

Vancouver based law firm Bull Housser Tupper has published its "Annual List of Top Issues Facing BC Employers" (December 30, 2010). In order, the five issues are:  read more »

Andrea York, a lawyer at Blakes, wrote a paper entitled, "Privacy In Practice: Top 10 Workplace Q&As" for the Six-Minute Employment Lawyer conference that was presented by The Law Society of Upper Canada in Toronto on June 15, 2010. 

The 10 questions she addresses are:  read more »

Lawyers at Gowlings have put together a powerpoint and paper on the what they view as the Top 10 developments in Canadian employment and labour law in 2009-2010.

Canadian Lawyer magazine has listed its Top 10 labour and employment law boutique firms in Canada in the current issue (May 2010). Ordered alphabetically, they are:  read more »

Lancaster House presented an audio-conference last Thursday (May 13, 2010) on the "Top 10 Cases on Workplace Privacy in the Unionized Workplace". The cases covered  - there were more than 10 - were:

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In addition to presenting an audio conference on the "Top Ten" Canadian employment law and wrongful dismissal cases (see my previous post), Lancaster House recently presented on the "Top Ten Canadian Court Cases on Arbitration". Again, in no particular order, the cases and the issues they address, are:  read more »