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TODAY Feb 11, 1pm-4:15pm: Webinar: "Inside Workplace Investigations" from HR Law Canada. Jan Parnega and I are speaking on "Anonymous Reporting: What are the Impacts on the Investigation Process & the Affected Parties?"

Free event - register here https://hubs.ly/Q042BwXn0

Other sessions: https://hubs.ly/Q042Bvrf0

1️⃣ "Beyond the Complaint: Mastering Workplace Investigations From Day One"

2️⃣ "Investigating Sexual Harassment Complaints: Common Challenges, Practical Solutions, and Recent Developments"

3️⃣ "Where the Rubber Meets the Road: When Your Founded Investigation Poses Legal Liabilities"

4️⃣"Hidden Dynamics in Investigations"

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Inside Workplace Investigations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join HR Law Canada, HR News Canada, and Safety News Canada for this special roundtable event.

A company rejected a man's application for employment, saying they couldn’t move forward with his candidacy because of “concerns about the way you present yourself online.”

4 years earlier, he had tweeted, “Don’t wanna be difficult but if the whole foods at Yonge and Sheppard doesn’t restock ponzu sauce at the stir fry counter I will set this place ablaze.”

"A new survey of U.S. hiring managers and employees by comparison platform ...shows 68 per cent of hiring managers research a candidate on social media before offering them a job, 30 per cent have not hired someone solely because of their social media presence and 66 per cent say a severely inappropriate social media presence is more concerning than a misdemeanour offence."

Hiring managers’ survey shows job seekers should worry about social media use A new survey shows 68 per cent of U.S. hiring managers research a candidate on social media before offering them a job

"She and a group of like-minded 911 operators developed the training to try to ensure they don't "transfer the bias that some citizens have" onto the information cards they fill out during each call."

911 operators in Montreal are now being trained to detect racial bias in callers | CBC News The training provided to 911 operators prompted the operators to question how they can prevent biases or racist stereotypes from filtering into police responses.