Businesses Shutting Down and Employers Responsibility As of March 24, at 11:59pm, all non-essential businesses in Ontario must shutdown due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. Essential businesses such as grocery stores and pharmacies remain open. Ontario Premier made the decision to do so to slow the spread of the virus COVID-19 (DeClerq, 2020). AllContinue reading “EMPR200 Current Event Blog – Round 2”
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EMPR200 Current Event Blog – Round 1
Starting in 2021 U-Haul will no longer hire employees that smoke, this new rule is being implemented in their U.S. locations in states where they can do so legally (Saba, 2020). In Canada, a practice like this is considered discriminatory under the Human Rights Act. There is much controversy surrounding this new policy some businessesContinue reading “EMPR200 Current Event Blog – Round 1”
Introductory Post – EMPR200
Hello! My name is Aurora, I am a student at Queen’s University and am taking a psychology and politics medial. I was inspired to take the EMPR200 employment relations class because as a student with experience in the workforce and to join full time in the future, I believe it is valuable to have aContinue reading “Introductory Post – EMPR200”
Aurora Corbett EMPR 