Legalese with Ease – Legal Terms for Human Resources Professionals is the most comprehensive source available for finding clear definitions for over 400 legal terms used within the human resources profession. It is the only book of its kind to offer human resources professionals plain-language information regarding all areas of human resources law.

Today's human resources professionals are required to understand, and keep up-to-date with complex and ever-changing legal definitions and legislative requirements. Legalese with Ease – Legal Terms for Human Resources Professionals provides easy-to-understand definitions, along with practical examples, for all of the most important legal terms in the areas of employment, labour relations, human resources, and occupational health and safety.

Topics covered:

• Absenteeism
• Accommodation
• Accreditation of employer's organization
• Adoption leave
• Adverse effects discrimination
• Advisory council (BC)
• Affiliated companies/unions
• Affirmative action
• Age
• Assignment employees
• Averaging agreement
• Benefits
• Bereavement leave
• Burden of proof
• Certiorari
• Check off
• Commission salesperson
• Common law
• Control and use in workplace
• Controlled products
• Corporation
• Designated substance
• Domestic worker
• Employer duties
• Employment, labour, and human rights laws
• Enforcement
• Ex post facto
• Homeworker
• No union choice
• Occupational health and safety

About the Authors
Malcolm MacKillop, BA, LLB, is the author of a column on employment law in the Globe & Mail: Report on Business, a contributing columnist for HR Professional, and a member of the Editorial Board for Canadian Lawyer Magazine. He has also developed employment law videos with Canada Law Book, is a former lecturer in employment law at the University of Western Ontario, and has appeared in TV news coverages as a human rights specialist.

Adrian Miedema, BMath, LLB, is a senior associate at the Toronto office of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP and has extensive experience in employment law and civil litigation. He regularly appears in the courts and before various tribunals, on the full range of employment-related matters, and provides strategic employment advice to both public and private sector employers.

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Internet Solutions for HR Managers sets the standard for the Canadian HR professional. It is the only guide you will need to conduct free Internet research on critical Canadian HR topics. In addition, it provides you with a strategic and practical approach to address key issues. National in scope, it also offers cost-effective solutions for your organization to help you in your day-to-day decision-making process.

The Internet is creating a revolution in HR management, including recruitment, benchmarking, networking, and information gathering. Internet Solutions for HR Managers provides practical, immediately useful information on how to adapt to these new challenges and opportunities and realize the time and cost savings that the new technology brings.

Features include:

• Comprehensive listing of the top HR-related website facilitates basic Internet research and saves time
• Internet recruiting case study gives readers a realistic and salient understanding of how organizations can benefit from Internet recruiting
• Links to valuable sample forms and policies save time for HR Managers in creating their own forms and policies where the information is easy to customize
• Benchmarking information assists HR Managers in calculating their bottom line HR administration costs in an effort to become more strategic and cost effective

About the Authors
Edward B. Harvey, PhD, is a well-known specialist in the fields of valuing diversity, program development, and designing innovative strategies for effective HR management. Harvey is also currently a Professor at the University of Toronto.

John H. Blakely, MIR, is a specialist in HR policy and planning, compensation, pay equity, equal opportunities and managing diversity. Blakely presently works as a Compensation Advisor for a large organization in British Columbia and has co-authored two other titles for CCH Canadian.

Katherine A. Lee, MIR, is a Senior Researcher and Analyst for the leading HR web information portal, www.hr.com, and is a specialist in analyzing product development and industry trends within the eHR space.

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Implementing Best Practices in Human Resources Management will help you to realize the full potential of your department's role in your organization and maximize the positive impact on your business. It ensures that employees and managers understand your organization's expectations, policies, and practices. It helps you become the internal organizational expert, drawing senior management to your proactive approach to HR strategies and confirming how HR is instrumental in helping the organization flourish. It also develops methods for implementing successful HR strategies that will impact the organization's culture, business objectives, and overall success.

Features include:

• Concise discussions of major HR terms and concepts
• Current trends and benefits
• Discussion on definitions
• Procedures for implementation
• Role of HR practitioners and any barriers or pitfalls they might face
• Sample policies
• "Best practice" information
• Over 400 pages of value

Topics covered:

• Alcohol and drug addiction
• Attendance management
• Auditing the HR function
• Benchmarking
• Ethics
• Career management
• Change management
• Coaching
• Competency
• Conflict management
• Employee involvement
• Employee opinion surveys
• Employee testing
• Employee turnover
• Employment contracts
• Employment cycle
• Flexible work practices
• HR Metrics
• Intellectual capital
• Learning organization
• Management development
• Mission statements
• Organizational design
• Performance management process
• Recruitment and selection
• Redundancy/downsizing
• Reward Management/compensation policies
• Stress management
• Terminations
• Virtual organization

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Human Rights Policy in Ontario is a compendium of policy papers and guidelines produced by the Ontario Human Rights Commission in partnership with CCH Canadian Limited. As an interpretive guide to human rights law in Ontario, it will be an indispensable tool for human rights practitioners, human resource specialists and legal professionals. This publication, says the OHRC's Chief Commissioner Keith Norton, is intended to assist everyone in creating an environment where human rights are respected and promoted.

Human Rights Policy in Ontario features the OHRC's new (2000) Policy and Guidelines on Disability and the Duty to Accommodate, as well as updated versions of other policies, including those on drug and alcohol testing, pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation. It also reproduces the full text of the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Topics covered:

• Policies and guidelines
• Religion
• Gender identity
• Sexual harassment
• Language, pregnancy, and medical discrimination
• Drug and alcohol testing
• Height and weight requirements
• Racial jokes
• Disability and duty to accommodate
• Special programs
• Human rights complaints
• Ontario Human Rights Code and regulations

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HRWorks Handbook series is a collection of how-to manuals that provide quick guidance on HR matters and legislation as well as useful checklists and worksheets. Each book is based on one structured program that is easily built upon and adapted to suit unique company needs.

 HRWorks Handbook: Training and Development teaches you to understand elements of an effective training and development function as well as implementing cost-effective training solutions.

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HRWorks Handbook series is a collection of how-to manuals that provide quick guidance on HR matters and legislation as well as useful checklists and worksheets. Each book is based on one structured program that is easily built upon and adapted to suit unique company needs.

 HRWorks Handbook: Salary Administration provides a 12-phase process for salary structure design and administration.

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• HRWorks Handbook: Orientation
• HRWorks Handbook: Training and Development

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HRWorks Handbook series is a collection of how-to manuals that provide quick guidance on HR matters and legislation as well as useful checklists and worksheets. Each book is based on one structured program that is easily built upon and adapted to suit unique company needs.

 HRWorks Handbook: Orientation provides a five-day orientation program for new recruits.

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• HRWorks Handbook: Salary Administration
• HRWorks Handbook: Training and Development

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HR Quick Facts 2010 will save you valuable time by putting the answers to HR questions at your fingertips!

The 2010 edition contains handy information including:

• Payroll Calendar, weeks are numbered to enable easy calculations
• EI/CPP/QPP/workers compensation tables
• Charts covering Federal and Provincial labour standards including maternity, parental and other leave regulations at a glance
• Statutory holiday and holiday pay regulations by province
• Hours of work and wage payment charts
• Personnel Records Retention Chart by Jurisdiction
• Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination
• Sources of Other Information – important web site addresses at a glance

Publication date: March 2010

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This subscription combo is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource for legal professionals who advise organizations operating in a unionized environment.

HR Assist – Labour Relations provides current regulations and legislation covering labour relations for all jurisdictions in Canada. Also includes expert commentary that clarifies the laws affecting your organization, case annotations, and practice tips.

HR Assist – Labour Law Cases is an all-electronic service giving you the key decisions of labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and courts from across Canada from 1944 to the present, including full-text, headnotes, and digests. Topics covered include employment standards, labour relations, employment insurance, human rights, and pay equity.

Topics covered:

• Labour jurisdictions
• Unfair labour practices
• Certification
• Decertification
• Collective bargaining
• Collective agreements
• Strikes and lockouts
• Successor rights
• Arbitration
• Labour relations boards
• Apprenticeship legislation
• Consumer price index
• Labour statistics
• Court cases

Includes bi-weekly newsletter, Labour Notes.

DVD updated monthly.

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• HR Assist – Employment Standards and Labour Law Cases
• HR Assist – Employment Standards and Labour Relations
• Canadian Labour Law Reporter

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If your company operates in a unionized environment, this is one service you will find very helpful. HR Assist – Labour Relations provides current regulations and legislation covering labour relations for all jurisdictions in Canada. Also includes expert commentary that clarifies the laws affecting your organization, case annotations, and practice tips.

Topics covered:

• Labour Jurisdictions
• Unfair labour practices
• Certification
• Decertification
• Collective bargaining
• Collective agreements
• Strikes and lockouts
• Successor rights
• Arbitration
• Labour relations boards
• Apprenticeship legislation
• Consumer price index
• Labour statistics

Includes bi-weekly newsletter, Labour Notes.

DVD updated monthly.

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• HR Assist – Labour Law Cases
• HR Assist – Employment Standards

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This all-electronic HR combo combines two of our most popular publications to give you the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information available on these topics.

HR Assist – Employment Standards covers all relevant legislation concerning employment standards, human rights, pay and employment equity, and employment insurance in Canada. Also includes commentary, case annotations, and practice tips.

HR Assist – Labour Relations provides current regulations and legislation covering labour relations for all jurisdictions in Canada. Also includes expert commentary that clarifies the laws affecting your organization, case annotations, and practice tips.

Topics covered:

• Minimum age
• Personnel records
• Minimum wage/overtime
• Hours of work
• Payment of wages
• Statutory holidays
• Vacations
• Leaves of absence
• Termination
• Human rights
• Equal pay/employment equity
• Employment insurance
• Privacy in the workplace
• Workers' compensation
• Immigration
• Labour jurisdictions
• Unfair labour practices
• Certification
• Decertification
• Collective bargaining
• Collective agreements
• Strikes and lockouts
• Successorship
• Arbitration
• Labour relations boards
• Apprenticeship legislation
• Consumer price index
• Labour statistics

Includes bi-weekly newsletter, Labour Notes.

DVD updated monthly.

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• HR Assist – Employment Standards and Labour Law Cases
• HR Assist – Labour Relations and Labour Law Cases
• Canadian Labour Law Reporter

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Another HR combo, giving you excellent value and the ultimate in comprehensive information on employment standards and labour law cases in Canada.

HR Assist – Employment Standards covers all relevant legislation concerning employment standards, human rights, pay and employment equity, and employment insurance in Canada. Also includes commentary, case annotations, and practice tips.

HR Assist – Labour Law Cases is an all-electronic service giving you the key decisions of labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and courts from across Canada from 1944 to the present, including full-text, headnotes, and digests. Topics covered include employment standards, labour relations, employment insurance, human rights, and pay equity.

Topics covered:

• Minimum age
• Personnel records
• Minimum wage/overtime
• Hours of work
• Payment of wages
• Statutory holidays
• Vacations
• Leaves of absence
• Termination
• Human rights
• Equal pay/employment equity
• Employment insurance
• Privacy in the workplace
• Workers' compensation
• Immigration
• Labour jurisdictions
• Consumer price index
• Labour statistics
• Court cases

Includes bi-weekly newsletter, Labour Notes.

DVD updated monthly.

Related Products

• HR Assist – Labour Relations and Labour Law Cases
• HR Assist – Employment Standards and Labour Relations
• Canadian Labour Law Reporter

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Is your business eligible for government assistance? Thousands of companies receive help from the federal government, the provinces, and territories every year. Government Assistance Manual can help you do the same. It outlines the scope and type of assistance available, eligibility requirements, and tax incentive information. It also includes the full texts of relevant federal government bulletins and circulars. It covers federal, provincial, and territorial government assistance programs for Canadian businesses and provides contacts for further information.

Features include:

• Key comments on how to make use of assistance incentives under the Income Tax Act
• Commentary on tax incentives
• Reprints of Interpretation Bulletins and Information Circulars
• Federal assistance programs – General and specific
• Provincial assistance programs – All ten provinces and three territories
• Names and addresses of government agencies
• Press releases of new developments in government assistance that could benefit your organization

Updated quarterly.

Related Products

• Canadian Business Management Manual and Government Assistance Manual – COMBO
• Canadian Business Management Manual
• Management Matters

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Staying up-to-date on the most recent cases, laws, and other current issues in the areas of employment, equality, and human rights is essential to keep you or your company from becoming entangled in costly employment-related disputes. Focus on Canadian Employment and Equality Rights newsletter helps employers and HR practitioners stay compliant and avoid such conflicts. It provides reviews and analysis from various experts on the most topical issues in the areas of employment, equality, and human rights. Practical features such as case notes, legislative updates, Question and Answer, and Did You Know? offer valuable insights on a wide range of topics, such as workplace diversity and accommodation, employment agreements, absenteeism, sexual harassment, termination, constructive dismissal, drug and alcohol testing, privacy rights, and pay equity, to name a few.

Features include:

• Lead Article – Expert analysis and valuable commentary on topical issues 
• Question & Answer – Relevant compliance facts that employers need to know 
• Case Notes – Expert summary and analysis of actual workplace situations from recent court, board, and tribunal decisions, with insightful practical application information
• Quotable – A thought-provoking excerpt from a case featured in the issue
• Legislative Alert – Comprehensive updates on recent changes to relevant laws
• Initiatives & Events– Significant government initiatives, upcoming seminars and conferences on employment and human rights issues, and helpful government publications
• Did You Know? – Useful tips, information, and pointers to online tools available to help employers

Benefits include: 

• Encourages you, the employer, to be proactive rather than reactive in the workplace and helps to keep you out of potentially costly litigation. For example, you're provided with professional practical information from employment experts to help avoid and prevent discrimination in the workplace, inadequate accommodation, wrongful dismissal, and other employment-related problems.

Updated monthly.

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Fairness in the Workplace provides practical information and step-by-step guidance for solving workplace problems prudently and effectively, essential for anyone involved in human resources management today.

Topics covered:

• Hiring – Learn what you can and can't ask on application forms, in interviews and after an offer of employment is made
• Human rights – Learn how to prevent and settle complaints and how to deal with official investigations
• Harassment – Learn how to prevent and resolve it and how to develop a proactive policy
• Employee privacy – Learn how and when to respect privacy in the workplace and what you need to know about current laws
• Pay equity – Learn how to provide equal pay for work of equal value and adjust your pay scales so that they are fair to your employees
• Absenteeism – Learn how to deal with this chronic and costly workplace problem

About the Author
Anneli LeGault is a partner in the Employment, Pension and Research Group in the Toronto office of the national law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. A graduate of the University of Toronto (Hons. BA, LLB), she was called to the Ontario bar in 1982. She is currently the co-chair of the firm's National Labour and Employment Practice, which includes labour and employment lawyers from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.

Anneli represents management in employment, human rights, equity, labour relations and privacy matters. She frequently gives speeches and seminars on human rights, privacy, employment equity, pay equity, downsizing, discipline and wrongful dismissal. She has been an editor of Focus on Canadian Employment and Equality Rights for more than 10 years and has written articles for Canadian Industrial Relations and Personnel Developments on a quarterly basis.

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How prepared are you for unforeseen emergencies in your organization? The best way to prepare for unknown contingencies is to be ready for them. Proactive planning for such events makes you aware of any of the dangers associated with them. As unlikely as some events might seem to be in Canada, are you willing to take the chance of not being prepared?

Emergency Disaster Guidelines & Procedures For Employees is designed to prepare you, the employer, for any eventuality relating to any man-made or natural disaster or emergency. Most importantly, this publication discusses the elements necessary in developing an emergency response plan or business continuity plan. It also presents Canadian legislative references that are important considerations in the realization of a complete emergency plan.

Topics covered:

• Man-made contingencies like terrorism
• Fire safety
• Hazardous materials
• Bomb threats
• Crowd management
• Natural contingencies: blizzards, earthquakes, hurricanes, lightning, floods, and tornadoes

Features include:

• Tips on responding to numerous man-made and natural contingencies
• Inclusion of Canadian legislative references that will be of interest to all provinces
• Elements to consider in developing an emergency plan
• List of industry and other relevant e-mail addresses is included for further consideration

About the Authors
William Avery has an extensive background in the sport, leisure and entertainment industry. He has acted as Safety Manager for Busch Gardens, and as Corporate Safety Advisor for the Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (including all locations of Busch Gardens, Adventure Island, Sesame Place and Grant's Farm). In 1986, he joined SeaWorld Parks Ltd. as Director of Risk Management. In 1990, he began safety consulting and loss prevention work with various organizations.

Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA) is a not-for-profit, member-driven organization operating since 1917. Representing approximately 45,000 member firms and more than 1.5 million workers, IAPA is Canada's leading health and safety association, providing educational, consulting and information programs, products and services for the prevention of workplace injury and illness.

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Cross-Border Relocation Law is an authoritative guide to employment relocation issues on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. It provides comprehensive coverage of immigration, customs, tax and employment issues for Canadian employees relocating to the U.S. and U.S. employees relocating to Canada. Recent changes to Canadian immigration law brought about by Bill C-11 are included.

Written by seven Canadian and U.S. experts, it will be of keen interest to legal, human resources, payroll and tax professionals who need to be aware of the myriad compliance issues surrounding cross-border relocation.

Topics covered:

• U.S. immigration law for business visitors, trade NAFTA professionals, intra-company transfers and treaty traders/investors
• Applying for a Green Card (family and employment based)
• Canada's new Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• Canadian immigration law for temporary residents, including work permits and HRDC confirmation
• Applying for permanent residence in Canada (skilled worker, business immigration and family class)
• U.S. income taxation of non-U.S. and U.S. persons
• U.S. employment and transfer taxes
• Canadian tax issues for employees transferring from the U.S. to Canada
• Canadian tax issues for employees transferring to Canada from the U.S.
• Cross-border tax implications of pension and retirement plans
• U.S. customs law on personal importations, including restrictions and exemptions
• Canadian customs law, including duty and sales tax relief and exemptions
• Benefits of NAFTA for cross-border relocations

About the Authors
Lorraine Allard (McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto) is a partner in the McCarthy Tétrault Tax Law Section.

John Boscariol (McCarthy Tétrault, Toronto) is recognized in the 2000/2001 LEXPERT^® Directory of leading lawyers in the area of international trade matters.

Alan S. Diner (Bennett Jones, Toronto) practices federal regulatory law in Toronto, with a focus on immigration, competition and trade law.

James T. Ritzel (Hodgson Russ, Albany, NY) practices federal tax law, with particular emphasis on U.S. cross-border tax planning and tax controversy matters.

Kenneth Weigel (Alston + Bird, Washington, DC) concentrates on international trade and customs laws affecting the importation and exportation of merchandise involving the United States and other countries.

Andrew Wilson (Serotte Reich & Wilson, Buffalo, NY) specializes in U.S. immigration law.

John Yuan (McCarthy T

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Get the Handbook that most answers your needs. Federal and provincial (Ontario/Alberta/British Columbia/Quebec) government assistance programs are available.

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Canadian Pensions and Retirement Income Planning covers all types of retirement income plans including defined benefit, defined contribution, RRSPs, and deferred profit sharing plans. It is ideal for pension plan sponsors, administrators, accountants, tax advisers, human resource professionals, actuaries, and pension consultants, as well as students and others interested in better understanding Canada’s tax rules for retirement income programs.

What's new in this edition?

This edition provides a comprehensive look at Canada’s tax rules for retirement income programs including:

• detailed analysis of all registration rules for registered pension plans and deferred profit sharing plans
• the rules for determining the calculation of pension adjustments, past service pension adjustments, and pension adjustment reversals
• new and updated numerical examples for PAs, PSPAs, and PAR calculations
• expanded and updated information on Registered Plan Directorate policies based on the most recent interpretation and changes
• tax rules around phased retirement programs
• updated information on defined contribution programs, rules and employer strategies
• updated background material on minimum pension standards, actuarial valuations, and accounting standards to provide context to the tax rules
• glossary of updated forms and filing requirements
• charts of relevant and commonly used reference data including CPP/QPP/YMPE, average wage, CPI, interest rates and relevant Income Tax Act (Canada) limits
• cross-referencing of tax rules to relevant sections of Income Tax Act (Canada)

Author: 

Towers Watson, a leading global professional services company that helps organizations improve performance through effective people, risk, and financial management. With 14,000 associates around the world, Towers Watson offers solutions in the areas of employee benefits, talent management, rewards, and risk and capital management.

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