Criminal Background Checks

It is more important than ever for employers to exercise caution in hiring and maintaining their workforce. This is especially true in the gaming industry where associations with undesirables could negatively impact on an employer's gaming registrations. Accordingly, background checks, whether criminal background or credit checks, resume confirmations, or other similar inquiries, have become important parts of hiring policies.

Privacy Law

British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec are the only Provinces in Canada that have privacy legislation that applies in the employment context, as does the Federal Government with regard to matters of Federal jurisdiction. The trend is for other Provinces to follow suit. An employer must exercise informed caution in developing a policy in this area. For example, in Ontario, the Ontario Human Rights Code does provide protections to an individual in the employment context. The recent Ontario Court of Appeal case Jones v. Tsige has