Bill 68, Ontario’s Open for Business Act, 2010, recently passed second reading. If passed, the Bill would implement changes to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”).
In a recent case from Vancouver, a woman was fired for refusing to attend an afternoon staff meeting after working the nightshift. An article published by Tom Zytaruk in The Financial Post provides some details about the case.
Follow these do’s and don’ts from my workplace law colum in this week’s Metro News to avoiding becoming an author in your own workplace misfortunes. These simple guidelines will also help you take advantage of laws that are construed in favor of the employee, and help you challenge decisions you feel are unjust.
A recent article from the Globe and Mail explores the difficulties of returning to work after settlement, scandal or termination. For Lisa Rundle, who is set to return to her role as rights and contracts director at Penguin, returning to the workplace after “a gossip inducing absence” may not be easy.
An article by Michele Henry published in the Toronto Star on June 21, 2010, discusses the case of a young black woman who was sexually harassed and was the object of racial taunts at work.
Daniel A. Lublin is a Toronto Employment Lawyer specializing in the law of discipline and dismissal. He can be reached at [email protected] or at www.toronto-employmentlawyer.com
Employees who believe that their conduct away from the office is immune from discipline are mistaken. Employers have the technological means and occasionally the inclination to monitor behaviour that occurs away from the job. And where off-duty behaviour poses a problem, don’t be surprised when it follows you back to your desk
