BCjobs Blog

The recent introduction of so-called privacy legislation is having a ripple effect on employers’ human resources practices. One of these effects is the now frequent demand by employees to see the contents of their personnel file.

Restrictive covenants are often utilized by employers to govern the post-employment activities of key employees. The employer seeks to protect itself from damage imposed by former employees engaging in competitive business activities.

Terms of employment established when an employee starts a job don’t always suit an employer’s later needs. Employers frequently want to change terms of employment.

Followers of court decisions might be forgiven for thinking that large damage awards given by lower courts tend to be overturned by the courts of appeal. This is, in fact, often the case and perhaps that’s the way the system should work (lower courts stretching the boundaries of previous decisions and the higher courts stepping in when the limits have been stretched too far).

The application form is an under-utilized tool for screening out undesirable applicants. Many employers treat it as a way to obtain contact information for the applicant and little more.