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$426,000 of fines in only 2 weeks of 2018 – Make sure you are not a part of this statistic.
Two weeks into the new year and 5 Ontario companies have been already fined for the total amount of $426,000. Almost $200,000 for various workplace injuries and more than $250,000 for environmental infractions. Reading the decisions of the courts shows that most of...
Another director of a company ordered to pay more than $10,000 – Who is NEXT?
A director of a company that operates multiple KFC restaurants was personally ordered to pay more than $5,000 of unpaid vacation pay to the company’s employees. Following his failure to pay, he was ordered to pay $10,000 of fine. Now he owes more than $15,000 and the...
Firing an Employee for “unethical” actions
An employee in the USA was fired yesterday for showing “middle finger” to the president Donald Trump. “Basically, you cannot have lewd or obscene things in your social media” was the explanation of her employer. Will your company in Canada be able to fire or...
Director of a company gets jail time for not paying to employees!
Many business owners in Canada believe that operating a limited liability company (Ltd. Inc. Corp. etc.) does not impose on them any personal liabilities, others think that they only responsible for taxes. Unfortunately, they are wrong and sometimes the price for such...
WHY?
Yes, why? This is the only question I could ask myself while reading one of the recent court decisions. I do understand that some employers make mistakes and have non-compliant or lacking safety measures at their workplaces. But WHY would someone disregard orders...
The Heavy Cost of Workplace Mistakes
What do a Toronto based Plastic company, a Watford area Construction company and Maple Leaf Foods Company in Toronto have in common? They all are among many other companies that were recently prosecuted and fined for various injuries that their employees suffered at...
One Employee vs. Multi-Million Company
Yesterday we all read the explanation (or as I would call it the “excuse”) of former Equifax CEO to the recent breach of Equifax database that exposed personal data of 145 MILLION US and Canadian citizens. Here is his explanation: one IT employee of Equifax did not...
Business compliance and Administration – New Series of Articles.
CBES is happy to announce the commencement of its series of educational articles through our partnership with CIJNEWS.COM. As always, our goal is to help starting and seasoned businesses in proper understanding of their compliance obligations, and the real value that...
Public Holiday rules in Ontario – a thorough guide.
As the holiday season approaches, we've been asked by our clients and partners how to properly manage their workplace rules that apply to situations of Public (or Statutory) holidays, and which rules apply to holiday time and holiday pay in Ontario. One of my partners...
CBES Workshops.
CBES team is delighted to announce that its Senior Consultant, Eugene Jakubov, was invited to present our workshop to the audience at Ideal Incubator in Markham, Ontario. Our program will comprise of four workshops and will introduce to small and medium businesses...