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	<description>Northern Exposure: Employment law for U.S. companies with employees in Canada: By attorneys at Fasken Martineau law firm</description>
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		<title>Excessive Internet Use by Employees: Is it Time Theft?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/05/21/excessive-internet-use-by-employees-is-it-time-theft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hadiya Roderique</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Termination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Policies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Hadiya Roderique Even in the &#8220;Northern Exposure&#8221; zones of Canada, employees commonly have access to the Internet at work. Many use the Internet for personal reasons during work time. Many employers are concerned about the loss of productivity resulting from excessive personal use of the Internet. A number of employers have attempted to characterize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprisal Complaints Must Relate to Health and Safety Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 03:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosalind Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Occupational Health and Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Rosalind H. Cooper Occupational health and safety legislation in most Canadian provinces prohibits reprisal by an employer against an employee who makes allegations of unsafe work. Workers routinely try to rely on such reprisal provisions to attack any actions of their employers. A recent Ontario Labour Relations Board decision, Petro v. The Beer Store, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Not to Fire Your Canadian Employee</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/05/07/how-not-to-fire-your-canadian-employee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 03:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Termination and Dismissal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Sean McGurran and Marisa Victor The recent decision in Drake v. Blach in the Ontario Superior Court provides a good example of how not to go about firing an employee. It provides a good lesson on how employment law in Canada will come to the rescue of a wronged employee. Background The case involves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM Appeals Wrongful Dismissal Decision; Case Raises Question of Double Recovery</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/04/29/ibm-appeals-wrongful-dismissal-decision-case-raises-question-of-double-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin O'Neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Termination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin O&#8217;Neill On April 5, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada said it would hear IBM&#8217;s appeal from the British Columbia Court of Appeal&#8217;s 2011 decision in Waterman v. IBM Canada Ltd. This important case will likely allow the Supreme Court to re-examine damages principles arising in a wrongful dismissal action. The case raises [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity Runs Afoul of Canada Revenue Agency</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/04/22/charity-runs-afoul-of-canada-revenue-agency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compensation, Benefits, and Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Contracts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Gulu Punia and Jennifer Shepherd Deciding to retain a contractor rather than an employee can be the right decision depending on the needs of a business. But there are risks. If a court determines that the relationship is in fact an employment relationship, the employer can be liable. Such was the case in M.A.P. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged Harasser Sidelined during Arbitration</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/04/15/alleged-harasser-sidelined-during-arbitration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arbitration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Frederic Parisien Workplace harassment, at the onset, involves two players &#8212; the harasser and the harassee. A third party is added once a complaint is filed &#8212; the employer. And a fourth player, the union, is added if that complaint is a grievance. To what extent does the alleged harasser continue to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue-Pencil Correction of Noncompete Gets Red Light from Canadian Court</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/04/08/blue-pencil-correction-of-noncompete-gets-red-light-from-canadian-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Marisa Victor and Yael Wexler Noncompetition clauses in employment contracts are difficult to enforce in Canada. Courts tend to regard them as unreasonable restraints on trade. Any ambiguity usually will be fatal. Nor will the courts generally use a &#8220;blue pencil&#8221; to remove ambiguous words. This was made clear in the recent appellate decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another New Leave of Absence for Canadians?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/04/01/another-new-leave-of-absence-for-canadians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Northern Exposure</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ralph N. Nero and Fida Hindi Canadian employees are entitled to all sorts of leaves &#8211; maternity leaves, parental leaves, sick leaves, emergency leaves, leave for the disappearance of a minor child, and the list goes on. Now Ontario may be joining Quebec by creating yet another new category of leave of absence for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Simplified Process for More Foreign Workers Entering Quebec</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/03/19/new-simplified-process-for-more-foreign-workers-entering-quebec/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/03/19/new-simplified-process-for-more-foreign-workers-entering-quebec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gilda Villaran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Gilda Villaran On February 24, 2012, a new simplified process for certain foreign workers seeking entry to the Province of Quebec was announced. Instead of applying to only seven information technology occupations, as before, the simplified process will apply to 44 occupations in a variety of fields. This is an important development not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calculating Damages from Misappropriation of Confidential Information</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/03/18/calculating-damages-from-misappropriation-of-confidential-information/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hrhero.com/northernexposure/2012/03/18/calculating-damages-from-misappropriation-of-confidential-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thora Sigurdson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Thora Sigurdson We all know that, where applicable, it&#8217;s important to take care in drafting confidentiality, noncompetition, and nonsolicitation terms in employment, contractor, and other agreements. A recent case in British Columbia, Cruise Connections Canada v. Cancellieri, reminds us of the value of having a &#8220;duty of good faith&#8221; clause. It also illustrates how [...]]]></description>
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