We often read about toxic bosses. What about their employee equivalents? I’m referring to the employee who wants to extract as much money from the company for as little work as possible and is prepared to go to any means to do so.
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In fact, given the abundance of social legislation supporting employees, they have ample available (often governmental) helping hands enabling them to do so.
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What can an employer do? Here’s a list of common scenarios and how best to navigate them.
In Ontario, an employee is entitled to overtime at time and a half if the employer permits them to work more than 44 hours per week. In other provinces and federally, it is 40 hours.
What does one do about an employee who creates and submits fictitious “records” of their hours, often after they are fired. I have seen those overtime hours add up to more than the employee’s salary!
Many employers are flummoxed. The employment standards branch, to which the employee complains to obtain that time and a half, requires employers to keep records of employees’ time and, if they have not created those records as required, will presumptively accept the employee’s version.
Calling evidence to disprove the employee’s recording that they were working at specific times can be difficult and sometimes impossible.
The best technique to protect themselves is to have a written memo, signed by everyone, advising that employees are...
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