When you’re starting to drown between employee concerns, payroll duties and helping your CEO -- HR Insider is there to help get the logistical work out of the way.
Need a policy because of a recent regulatory change? We’ve got it for you. Need some quick training on a specific HR topic? We’ve got it for you. HR Insider provides the resources you need to craft, implement and monitor policies with confidence. Our team of experts (which includes lawyers, analysts and HR professionals) keep track of complex legislation, pending changes, new interpretations and evolving case law to provide you with the policies and procedures to keep you ahead of problems. FIND OUT MORE...
Firing Not Warranted for Former Pro Wrester’s Inappropriate Conduct

A part-time worker at a rec centre went to the centre to pick up his girlfriend, who also worked there. When he saw a co-worker with whom he had a non-work-related dispute at the front desk, he slammed his fist down on the desk as he passed by, startling the co-worker and customers. In the pool office, he got into an argument with his girlfriend and threw a chair. As the worker passed the co-worker on his way out, he said the co-worker was ‘going to be in trouble.’ The employer fired him based on this conduct. But an arbitrator found that although the worker’s conduct was serious and highly inappropriate, it didn’t warrant termination. The worker was a large man and former professional wrestler, who could be intimidating. However, his conduct was unplanned. He’d been dealing with a serious illness and suffering side effects from the treatment. Moreover, he had a clean five-year employment record. So the arbitrator concluded that a two-month suspension was more appropriate [Ottawa (City) v. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 503, [2016] CanLII 89777 (ON LA), Dec. 20, 2016].