The High Cost of Talent Poaching

A senior tech executive fired after just 7 months has been awarded 14 months’ notice after a judge ruled she was induced to leave her former job at a major competitor.

From Complaint to Inaction: 65% of Complaints Get Ignored

Employees are often right to distrust HR, which is inherently an arm of and paid by the employer. HR may present themselves as neutral parties and may act as mediator or moderator between employees, but they are the business itself at the end of the day.

From 3 Months to $450K: How a Termination Clause Backfired

An Ontario Superior Court judge has awarded a former senior executive $450,000 representing 9 months of severance, ruling that the employer repudiated the employment agreement by attempting to impose an additional condition on his termination entitlements, which was originally set at three months.

Politics at Work? Most Employees Disagree

80% of workers valued political neutrality in the workplace, while closer to 90% agreed that employers should limit or discourage political discussion at work. Still, workplace debates inevitably break out, and when they did, 73% reported that they felt pressured to share their political views in the run-up to the recent U.S. election.