A recent arbitration decision from a unionized construction workplace has upheld a policy imposing rapid antigen testing for COVID-19: see Ellisdon Construction Ltd. v Labourers’ International Union of North America, Local 183,…
Case law supporting serious discipline for breaches of COVID-19 safety protocols continues to mount. In a recent, Arbitration Decision out of British Columbia, a 10-day suspension for an employee was upheld where…
In March, our Firm wrote about Ontario Nurses’ Association v. Participating Nursing Homes, 2021 ONCA 148. This was a major pay equity decision from Ontario’s Court of Appeal that expanded pay equity…
Two weeks ago, our Firm wrote about Ontario’s new COVID-19 paid leave program, introduced into the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the ESA) (“Paid IDEL“). There remains limited practical information online about how…
Last week, our Firm wrote about Ontario’s announcement that they would create three paid days of leave in response to public pressure. Ontario has now amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the…
In 2019, the Ontario government appointed two external reviewers to conduct an operational review of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to help ensure the WSIB’s long-term sustainability and effectiveness. The…
New provincial legislation is being proposed to regulate PSWs and behavioural analysists. The newly proposed law, The Advancing Oversight and Planning in Ontario’s Health System Act, 2021, was introduced yesterday afternoon by…
The federal government recently implemented an Interim Order (retroactive to September 27, 2020, rendering any notice or severance entitlements paid after September 27, 2020 “not earnings” for the purposes of assessing entitlement…
Exceptions to Limiting Work to a Single Long-Term Care Home or Retirement Home On April 23, 2021, the government announced and implemented amendments to the Emergency Orders restricting workers in Long-term Care…
In a recent Ontario Labour Arbitration decision, OPSEU (Hyland) v Ontario (Solicitor General), 2021 CanLII 26637 (ON LA), the arbitrator was asked to decide, among other things, whether the employer failed to reasonably…
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