Employers’ duty to maintain workplace safety with vaccination policies in place Employers have a duty to provide a safe workplace as required by the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act, …
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Canadian government has provided various social benefit programs, including the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”). However, it was unclear whether CERB payments should be reduced …
In short, an employer can tell an employee to do just about anything within the general constraints of the employee’s job description (whether one is written or not), provided that …
Lately, the Internet feels like a more dangerous place. Since the pandemic began, Statistics Canada reports that Canadians spend far more time online than ever before. Activities that once required …
On June 24, 2020, the federal government announced that the Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations will come into effect on January 1, 2021. This new Workplace Harassment and Violence …
Bill C-377, which would require unions to publicly disclose payments made to outside groups or individuals in excess of $5000 and employee salaries over $100,000 was recently passed by the …
Picketing elevator workers and out-of-service elevators became a common sight in parts of Ontario after hundreds of unionized elevator technicians walked off the job when their contracts expired on April …
