Canada: The OHRC’s Christmas Present – A New Statement On Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

Ontario’s Human Rights Commission issued a statement on November 25, 2014 in relation to sexual harassment and the Ontario Human Rights Code. The statement reminds employers as to what constitutes sexual harassment as well as how to prevent it or deal with it in the workplace. The statement also links the Commission’s Policy on Preventing Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment.

The primary recommendations of the Commission are as follows: (i) employers should have a clear and […]

By | November 28th, 2014 ||

Australia: To imply or not to imply – Mutual trust and confidence in employment contracts

The High Court has unanimously held that there is no implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment contracts.

In August 2013, a majority of a full court of the Federal Court found that all Australian employment contracts had an implied term of mutual trust and confidence. Specifically, the Court held that an employer had breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence, when it made an executive manager redundant for failure […]

By | November 28th, 2014 ||

Australia: Employee Incentive Schemes (EIS): update on ASIC relief

On 31 October 2014, ASIC updated its relief relating to employee incentive schemes.

The introduction of these Class Orders represents, in some respects, a marked change in ASIC’s position in relation to such schemes.

The increased flexibility and broadened scope of the relief will likely lead to more listed and unlisted companies offering equity participation through employee incentive schemes to more of their employees.

In this Alert, Partner Nicole Radice and Solicitor Shilpa Dougall summarise the key […]

By | November 27th, 2014 ||