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Privacy Law & Compliance Updates

Ten tips from Canada’s privacy commissioner to prevent employee data snooping Six years ago a bank employee was caught going through the financial records of another staff member who was in a relationship with her ex-husband. The spying had been going on for four years. The federal privacy commissioner, who has dealt with several privacy…

Payments Industry News 2016

**PAYMENTS COMPLIANCE AND INNOVATION IN CANADA**   Rapid transformation of the payments ecosystem is creating swift transformational change to the regulatory and legal framework in Canada’s payments system. Now is the time to look ahead and proactively plan your initiatives to improve your organization’s risk and compliance strategies and ensure the continuing safety and security…

Storytelling – A Valuable Tool in Litigation

**STORYTELLING**   Part of the fabric of our society is storytelling. It is everywhere. We remember stories, we want to see and hear them. They sell products via ads, newspapers, books, magazines and movies. Our caveman ancestors probably only communicated through stories. From when we were children we were told stories and they usually had…

Cybersecurity | 2015

*CYBERSECURITY FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE*   INFOGRAPHIC November 16, 2015   Companies turn to cyber insurance after Ashley Madison and other high-profile hacks In July, adultery website Ashley Madison made headlines after hackers broke in to the company’s network and leaked customers’ personal information, including their messages to other members and sensitive financial data. [Read More…]…

#CIWLF By The Numbers: Women’s Leadership Today

*NEW SERIES*   I Wish I Knew Then: 6 Power Women Share Most Valuable Career Advice “Be brave. The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.” – Meg Whitman, CEO, HP [Read More…] October 5, 2015   More women, minorities running in GTA in federal election “I think that a…

Canadian Workplace Pensions Forum – Industry News

Canadians Need a Policy Nudge to Enhance Pension Contributions Pension reform continues to hold interest across the country, especially given the willingness of the federal Conservatives to at least talk about expanding the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). [Read More…]   Why Canadians have a lot riding on U.S. airline stocks and don’t even know it Whether…

Camp Logistics and Workforce Accommodation – Industry News

Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Plans for third East Yorkshire oil and…

Camp Logistics and Workforce Accommodation – Industry News

Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf British Columbia’s energy projects lure companies stung…

Camp Logistics and Workforce Accommodation – Industry News

Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf Kenney to consider local exemptions to TFW program after provincial complaints – See more at: http://www.hrreporter.com/articleview/21737-kenney-to-consider-local-exemptions-to-tfw-program-after-provincial-complaints#sthash.HmmqMz7D.dpuf In the Heart of Canada’s Oil Country,…

Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions – Industry News

  Why Didn’t IM Compliance Tools Save Banks from Scandal? With another wave of prosecutions expected from rate-fixing scandals, and much of the evidence pouring forth in incriminating emails and instant messages sent by traders, here’s a question worth considering: why didn’t the compliance tools meant to police chat room discussions help banks stay out…

Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions – Industry News

  Citigroup Sees $10 Billion in Annual Bank Compliance Costs Citigroup Inc. (C), the third-biggest U.S. bank, said the finance industry could spend as much as $10 billion annually in coming years to combat money laundering. About 30,000 employees at Citigroup are working on control functions, and the firm has made “significant investments” in anti-money-laundering…

Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions – Industry News

  BNP Paribas hires ex-U.S.Treasury official for compliance job BNP Paribas has hired a former top official at the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions office, people familiar with the matter said, part of the French bank’s effort to build up its compliance department after its record settlement over sanctions violations. Sean Thornton, a former chief counsel…