Can employers require COVID-19 vaccinations?
COVID-19 may have brought Canadians together in many ways, but a number of issues surrounding the pandemic have proven to be divisive on some level. Masking policies, stay at home orders, the forced shut down of many businesses, government compensation schemes or the lack thereof, testing ra…
View the post titled Can employers require COVID-19 vaccinations?Employers should brace themselves for more workplace inspections
The Ontario Minister of Labour has announced that it will be increasing workplace inspections to ensure employers are operating safely as part of its Stay Safe All Day campaign to reduce the spread of COVID-19. What sectors will be most affected? The campaign is said to focus on workplaces …
View the post titled Employers should brace themselves for more workplace inspections2021: COVID-19 is still here and employers must remain vigilant
2020 was quite the year for all of us, including employers. As COVID-19 walloped the globe, many businesses were forced to temporarily close due to regional or provincewide lockdowns. Many are wondering what is in store for 2021. Ultimately, no one knows, but with vaccines starting to be ro…
View the post titled 2021: COVID-19 is still here and employers must remain vigilantNo protection for employers under the Supporting Ontario’s Recovery Act
On Friday, November 20, 2020, the Ontario government enacted the Supporting Ontario’s Recovery Act, 2020 (the “Act”). As discussed by my colleague Anna Stoll in COVID-19 and limiting liability, the Act retroactively limits civil liability for the transmission and/or contraction of COVID-19 i…
View the post titled No protection for employers under the Supporting Ontario’s Recovery ActConducting workplace investigations COVID-style
As the COVID-19 pandemic carries on in Canada, it is becoming apparent that virtual workplace investigations may be here to stay for longer than we anticipated and most likely permanently. For many workplace investigators, virtually investigating was a new way of doing things and with nearly…
View the post titled Conducting workplace investigations COVID-styleEmployers: Supreme Court of Canada weighs in on discrimination, bonus entitlements
It has been some time since the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) last addressed employment-law related issues, but it recently issued two noteworthy decisions that may be relevant to employers. In Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 SCC 28, the SCC arguably set the bar lower for employe…
View the post titled Employers: Supreme Court of Canada weighs in on discrimination, bonus entitlementsFines of over $120,000 imposed for serial violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
Not ensuring a safe workplace can be a costly mistake as one London, Ontario rebar fabricator recently found out. During the summer of 2018, a Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development Inspector issued 18 orders to AGF Rebar Inc. (“AGF”) requiring that certain machinery inside its…
View the post titled Fines of over $120,000 imposed for serial violations of the Occupational Health and Safety ActOntario’s new restriction framework and what that means for Ontario businesses
Consistent with the ever-changing nature of rules and regulations around COVID-19, the Province of Ontario has announced a rehauling of the COVID-19 alert framework we have become accustomed to (Stages 1-3), by way of the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework, effective Saturday November 7…
View the post titled Ontario’s new restriction framework and what that means for Ontario businessesJust talk to each other! How a simple conversation can reduce liability
Family status accommodation requests are some of the most difficult faced by employers. Where is the line between an employee’s personal preference and a legal right to expect accommodation? Recently, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal drew that line and in doing so, provided some em…
View the post titled Just talk to each other! How a simple conversation can reduce liabilityNew hiring practices for publicly funded school boards to reflect diversity and merit
As school boards across the province face teacher shortages, the Ontario government recently made changes to how teaching positions can be filled by publicly funded school boards in Ontario. Effective October 29, 2020, the Ontario government revoked O. Reg 274/12: Hiring Practices, which fa…
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