Retaining employees who underperform or demoralize the team is a silent, relentless drain on both finances and culture. Small business owners are gripped by an insidious fear: the dread of terminating employees. I hear it virtually every time I speak to a new employer client. It is a fear cloaked in legality, draped in potential confrontation and rationalized by uncertainty — yet it is quietly devouring profitability, corroding workplace culture and driving away the talent that sustains the enterprise. While employers deliberate, indecision accrues cost and every day of inaction compounds losses in revenue, morale and future opportunities. …
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Monday’s Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.
This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Legal Post Blog 2. Vincent Gautrais 3. Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada 4. Global Workplace Insider 5. Lash Condo Law
Legal Post Blog
Howard Levitt: Why fear of firing is more damaging than firing itself
Vincent Gautrais
Qu’en est-il des données de vos comptes fidélité ? Le rappel de la dépersonnalisation des données par le CPVP (décision Loblaw)
Nous avons déjà tous adhéré à un compte fidélité d’un magasin ; ils permettent de gagner des points qui peuvent se traduire par des rabais ou encore des offres commerciales. On finit souvent par en accumuler une grande quantité. Mais avez-vous déjà essayé de supprimer un de ces comptes fidélité ? C’est ce qu’ont tenté de faire les détenteurs d’un compte fidélité (aussi appelé PC Optium) offert par les compagnies Loblaw. Certains se sont heurtés à des difficultés techniques et ont donc contacté le service clientèle du magasin ; mais aucune réponse. Après un certain temps d’attente, des plaintes ont été déposées auprès du Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée (CPVP) afin de signaler un potentiel abus. …
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
AI Is Already in Your Workplace (Even If You Never Approved It)
If you employ people, AI is already part of your workplace. It’s not really a prediction so much as the current reality. Employees are using AI tools to write emails, summarize meetings, polish reports, prepare presentations, and speed through everyday tasks. Many are doing it quietly, and some are doing it without understanding the risks. Others assume it’s fine because no one told them otherwise. …
Global Workplace Insider
Employers’ duty to record annual leave and pay
From 6 April 2026, the Employment Rights Act 2025 (the Act) will place a new duty on employers to create and retain records that are adequate to show they comply with statutory holiday entitlement rules, covering both leave taken and the pay associated with it. The Act inserts a new regulation 16A into the Working Time Regulations 1998. The records must show that the employer has complied with the requirements relating to: …
Lash Condo Law
Why Developers Are Choosing Rentals (What I’m Seeing Firsthand)
I’m seeing this firsthand. Projects that were clearly meant to be condos are turning into rentals more and more often. It’s not usually announced in a big way. It just kind of happens. And honestly, it’s not surprising.Condos aren’t the easy win they used to be. Pre-construction sales take longer, buyers hesitate, and financing leaves very little room for error. I’ve watched projects slow down simply because they couldn’t hit sales targets fast enough. That kind of uncertainty is hard to carry, especially when costs keep climbing. …
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