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Employers should weigh human rights, health risks when drafting pandemic policies

bwolfe — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:00:14 +0000

Employers are facing a growing number of legal considerations as they continually adapt policies amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent webinar hosted by Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie. In Ontario, there’s been a substantial increase in workplace inspections through that province’s occupational health and safety act, said Ted Kovacs, a partner at […]

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Behaviour analytics can be used to detect employee burnout: survey

mschmit — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 05:00:25 +0000

Behavioural analytics can be used to detect when employees are suffering from symptoms of burnout, according to a new survey by Gurucul, a global security and fraud analytics technology provider. “By employing behavioural analytics, companies are able to detect when employees’ behaviours breach individual ‘norms’ and can identify when people might be acting in a way […]

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Employees suing Yale over fines for not participating in wellness program

mschmit — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:00:03 +0000

The American Association of Retired Persons Foundation and the law firm Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald and Pirrotti have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Yale University employees who are objecting to their employer instituting fines for those who don’t participate in its wellness program. The university’s program requires its 5,000 unionized staff and their spouses to submit to medical […]

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