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Human rights law already covers AI-assisted HR decisions: Are you prepared to defend yours?
Employers using AI to support HR decisions should be prepared to defend those decisions under existing human rights law. AI can help employers make people management decisions faster, but it …
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The uncertain interaction between UNDRIP, DRIPA, and B.C. labour law: Reconciling collective agreements and indigenous autonomy
In 2019, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia enacted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act,[1] (“DRIPA”), which incorporated the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous …
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New return-to-work obligations for both employers and employees in British Columbia
By Melanie Samuels, Sharla Johnson and Lisa Andersen | Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP In 2022, the BC legislature introduced Bill 41 which set out a host of amendments to …