The Throughline

by HR News Canada

The Throughline

The Throughline is HR News Canada's award-winning column covering human resources and the workplace. From the desk of editor and publisher Todd Humber.

Is your compensation policy making safety decisions for you?

Why ‘be more careful’ is not a reason to drug test a worker
Football’s stop-work order is never coming
The clock on unpaid work is running out, thanks to flight attendants and nurses
Don’t envy the toxic workplace just yet – or ever
Clarity on termination clauses: Ontario’s top court finally says what ‘at any time’ means
When a worker’s stalker becomes the employer’s problem

When a worker’s stalker becomes the employer’s problem

The voicemail your boss didn’t mean to leave
Cybersecurity failure: N.L. Health Services phished exhausted workers with a fake thank you
The last one out used to turn off the lights. Now the robot stays — and the union wants a word
Somebody finally unionized the gig economy, and here’s what it looks like
Outed by HR: B.C. worker’s mental disorder claim revived after sexual orientation leaked to manager

That smartphone in your employee’s pocket? Well, it’s also a witness

He wasn’t working out. Then he disclosed an anxiety diagnosis. Then it got complicated
Real pain, no claim: What a denied promotion can and cannot cost an employer
When the office goes to the dogs
The most dangerous sentence in compensation: ‘ChatGPT says I should be making…’
Federal board tells Transport Canada: Bad-faith hiring has expensive consequences

When an arbitrator can order a company to rebuild what it tore down

Are employers on the hook for commuting costs for remote workers conducting safety checks?

The bully discount: Why bad behaviour pays dividends at the top

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