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Cutting off disability coverage (or any other coverage) during the common law notice period may effectively make the employer the insurer. Several recent cases have confirmed that just because your insurer will not continue coverage after an employee is let go, that does not relieve you, the employer, of your legal obligation. The best way to protect yourself from this liability is to address it up front by including clear language in the employment agreement which provides that disability coverage will end at the conclusion of the statutory notice period. If it is too late to do so, and you are unable to obtain a full and final release from the employee before disability coverage ceases, you should consider arranging alternative coverage for the employee, so that you do not become the insurer and expose yourself to substantial liability if they become disabled. most are the ones where we work together so that we can understand the nature of the client's business, their concerns and their goals. That way, we can be their partner as they work toward those goals, maximizing their rights as an employer while minimizing risk. O Stuart Rudner is a leading canadian employment law yer and founding partner of Rudner Macdonald llP. he is the author of You're Fired! Just Cause for Dismissal in Canada, founder of the canadian hR law group on linkedin, and author of the canadian hR law blog. contact him at srudner@rudnermacdonald.com and follow his employment law tweets @canadianhRlaw. As I said at the outset, a good partnership with an employment lawyer is essential for employers. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of HUMAN Capital - Winter 2014

Leadership Matters
Economic Pulse
Tech Talk
Growing Strategic HR Business Partners Internally
The Enemy Within: Hiring Managers Rank as HR’s Top Talent Recruitment Challenge
Becoming a Key Partner
Abilities@Work Making the Most of Employee Talent at the City of Edmonton
The Magic of a Moment
Policy Corner
Legal Source
Index of Advertisers/ Advertisers.com

HUMAN Capital - Winter 2014