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…
In a recent Quebec decision, an arbitrator was asked to decide whether an employer was justified in following a strict and automatic application of a policy prohibiting an employee from performing their…
A recent Ontario decision has provided further guidance about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on the reasonable notice period owed to dismissed employees. The most recent decision, Marazzato v….
Yesterday afternoon, the Ontario Provincial Government released the second Budget that the government has delivered during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This budget sets large amounts of spending, and announces some new programs and…
Since the start of the pandemic, many employers have been imposing “single employer policies” that restrict the ability of employees to work at secondary jobs. This has been motivated by legitimate concerns…
Employers frequently rely on third party investigators for the investigation of workplace incidents, particularly as they relate to harassment in the workplace, as investigations can be time consuming and result in liability…
By Alan McCallum Considerations for Drafting COVID-19 Employee Vaccination Policies for Agencies Supporting Vulnerable People Over the past few months, PooranLaw has been working hand-in-hand with agencies across the province to develop…
Many employers of direct support professionals have struggled to balance serious labour shortages with infectious disease leaves – particularly in relation to post-travel quarantine. For instance, if an employer approves a 1…
In June of 2020, Ontario Court of Appeal in Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391 (“Waksdale”) created a seismic change in the law of termination clauses (an already tricky…
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