Thoughts from the Editor’s Desk at HR News Canada with Todd Humber
There is a headline on HR News Canada today that some leaders might be tempted to print out and pin above the …
©2026 All Right Reserved. Designed and Developed by North Wall Media
Category:
The Throughline
-
-
OpinionEmployment LawOur FavouritesThe Throughline
Clarity on termination clauses: Ontario’s top court finally says what ‘at any time’ means
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberFrederick Baker was 71 when Van Dolder’s Home Team dismissed him without cause in March 2023. He had been the company’s controller …
-
OpinionEmployment LawOur FavouritesThe Throughline
When a worker’s stalker becomes the employer’s problem
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe insurance producer’s manager knew what to say. When she told him, in August 2021, that a client’s representative had taken to …
-
OpinionMental HealthOur FavouritesThe ThroughlineWorkplace Safety & OHS
The voicemail your boss didn’t mean to leave
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA manager and a director were on the phone about an employee they didn’t much trust. She was unreliable, they said. Slippery. …
-
Our FavouritesOpinionThe Throughline
Cybersecurity failure: N.L. Health Services phished exhausted workers with a fake thank you
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberIt is hard to imagine a warmer and genuine “thank you” than the one Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services sent its employees …
-
OpinionFeaturedLabour RelationsThe Throughline
The last one out used to turn off the lights. Now the robot stays — and the union wants a word
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberSomewhere on a shop floor in Kitchener, Ont., on a Saturday night this past February, a machine kept working after everyone went …
-
OpinionLabour RelationsThe Throughline
Somebody finally unionized the gig economy, and here’s what it looks like
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe phrase “gig economy” was built to mean the opposite of a union job. That was the whole pitch. No boss, no …
-
OpinionEmployment LawMental HealthOur FavouritesThe Throughline
Outed by HR: B.C. worker’s mental disorder claim revived after sexual orientation leaked to manager
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAn HR professional at a B.C. landscaping company mentioned, in front of a brand-new operations manager, who a long-time truck driver’s “roommate” …
-
FeaturedEmployment LawOpinionThe Throughline
That smartphone in your employee’s pocket? Well, it’s also a witness
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Alberta Husky gas station case will not make headlines outside the niche world of employment law. It involves a retail sales …
-
OpinionEmployment LawOur FavouritesThe Throughline
He wasn’t working out. Then he disclosed an anxiety diagnosis. Then it got complicated
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberSeven weeks. That’s how long an assistant project manager worked at Colliers Project Leaders before someone in a corner office decided he …
