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Employer alert: Ontario issues “stay-at-home” order and new restrictions on businesses

By Adrian Miedema, Claire Browne, Larysa Workewych, and Henry Machum
  • COVID-19

Ontario employers now legally required to screen employees coming to work – using the government’s “Screening Tool”

By Adrian Miedema and Emily Kroboth
  • Employment Standards
  • Occupational Health and Safety

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Employer obligations, options and strategies

By Adrian Miedema
  • Workers' Compensation

Hot topics and recent developments in labour and employment law

By Adrian Miedema, Cristina Wendel, and Kyle Isherwood
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“Communications and conduct” of employer’s lawyer regarding sexual harassment investigation were not privileged, could be referred to in Claim, court decides

By Adrian Miedema
  • Criminal Offences by Employees

Employee Jailed for Accepting Bribe

An employee of a drive test centre has been jailed for accepting a bribe from a driving instructor, who has […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Pensions and Benefits
  • Wrongful Dismissal

Terminated Employee who signed Release Still Entitled to Accumulated Sick Leave Benefits

Employers are often concerned about whether terminated employees can claim entitlement to accumulated sick leave credits. This case shows how […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Human Rights

Employee with “Anger Management Issues” was not Disabled

A police officer who “suffered from bad temper and anger management problems” but said he was able to perform his […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Employment Standards
  • Executive Compensation

Terminated Employee Entitled to Profit Sharing Bonus Declared After Termination but During Employment Standards Notice Period

Employers often assert that a terminated employee is not entitled to a bonus for the termination year. A decision of […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Employment Standards

“Holder of a Religious Office” Exemption under Ontario ESA Interpreted

The Ontario Employment Standards Act excludes from its protection holders of a “religious office”. The Ontario Labour Relations Board has […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Occupational Health and Safety

“The Next Element to Attack is Fire”: Employee Properly Dismissed for Threatening / Intimidating Statement

This article originally appeared on www.occupationalhealthandsafetylaw.com. An Ontario arbitrator has upheld the discharge of a “modern day prophet” who stated, “the […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • Employment Standards

Employer’s Response to ESA Claim Cannot Form Basis for Defamation Action: Ontario Court

Employers faced with an Employment Standards Act complaint may air the employee’s dirty laundry, so to speak, in that proceeding […]

By Adrian Miedema
  • COVID-19

Deemed infectious disease emergency leave (IDEL) extended and new supports for unionized employers

By Larysa Workewych and Adrian Miedema

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