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Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Saturday, 25 May 2024

New Client Policy Results in Frustration of Employment

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If you are an employer in the service industry, and your largest client introduces a new rule or policy that imposes new requirements on y...
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Thursday, 4 January 2024

No Implied Term in Employment for Layoff for COVID State of Emergency

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By now one might have thought that the issue of whether an employer had the legal right to layoff an employee in the face of the COVID 19 ...
Saturday, 30 October 2021

Court Declines to Issue Injunction Preventing Terminations for Failure to Adhere to Covid Vaccination Policy – But Employers Beware

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What is the court’s power to prevent an employer from terminating an employee’s employment if that worker refuses to adhere to the employe...
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Sunday, 12 September 2021

Ottawa Businesses and Organizations Legally Required to Establish COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

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Is my business legally required to have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy? In Ontario, the answer unfortunately depends on where yo...
Monday, 7 June 2021

Infectious Disease Emergency Leave *Does* Oust Common Law Constructive Dismissal

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Does Infectious Disease Emergency Leave under the Employment Standards Act , 2000, S.O. 2000, c.41 oust the common law of constructive dis...
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CERB Proper Deduction against Wrongful Dismissal Damages: BCSC

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Are amounts received under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) a set-off against wrongful dismissal damages? It would appear t...
Sunday, 30 May 2021

COVID-19 and Reasonable Notice Calculations – The State of Affairs at the End of May 2021

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It is the end of May 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a reality for approximately 15 months in Ontario. The legal system has changed i...
Saturday, 8 May 2021

Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Does Not Oust Common Law Constructive Dismissal

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Does Infectious Disease Emergency Leave under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 , S.O. 2000, c.41 oust the common law of constructive dis...
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Sunday, 13 December 2020

Mandatory Covid Testing Reasonable Exercise of Management Rights

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Is an employer policy requiring bi-weekly testing for COVID-19 a reasonable exercise of management rights, or is such a policy an unreason...
Saturday, 12 December 2020

Failure to Follow Covid-19 Directions Cause for Termination

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Is an employee’s failure (or blatant refusal) to follow an employer’s directions to protect public health – during a global pandemic – cau...
Sunday, 15 November 2020

Dismissed “Vice President” Awarded Just Two Months Pay in Lieu of Notice – Despite Title, COVID-19 Pandemic

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Is the title “Vice President” sufficient to move the needle in the calculation of reasonable notice? In George v. Laurentian Bank Securit...