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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 Ontario Labour Arbitration decision, CUPE Local 4400 grieved the Toronto District School Board’s policy decisions related to reimbursement for employee costs associated with remote work arrangements triggered by the…
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….
The Employment Standards Act, 2000 provides that an employee can take an infectious disease emergency leave (IDEL) if they will not be performing the duties of their position because, among other things,…
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…
On March 9, 2021, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its long awaited pay equity decision in the ongoing saga that is the Ontario Nurses’ Association v. Participating Nursing Homes, 2021 ONCA…
In mid-February, the provincial government introduced Bill 245, the Accelerating Access to Justice Act (“Bill 245”). This bill proposes a number of amendments to provincial laws in an effort to modernize the…
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…
As many in our sector already know, Ontario has an online database of collective agreements. These are generally up to date, with either the most recent or second-most recent collective agreement for…
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