Policy on Electronic Monitoring for Ontario Employers – A Quick Update
As you may be aware from our recent e2r™ Alert, a recent change to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) requires employers with 25 or more employees on January...
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New Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act and significant changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Occupational Health and Safety Act
The Ontario government’s second Working For Workers Act, 2022 was passed on April 7, 2022 and will take effect on the later of July 1, 2022 or the date the...
CERB Deducted from Wrongful Dismissal Damages
Recently, in Reotech Construction Ltd. v. Snider (2022), British Columbia’s Supreme Court reversed a trial court decision that declined to deduct the employee’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) payments from...
Ontario Bans Non-Compete Agreements with Employees
What is the new law? The Working for Workers Act, 2021 (the “Act”) amended the Employment Standards Act, 2000 in Ontario on December 2, 2021. Among other things, it prohibited...
Spy Games or Legitimate Employee Monitoring?
The Ontario government recently announced that they would put forward another employee-protection based piece of legislation (Bill 27 recently provided a mandate to employers regarding the right to disconnect). With...
Disconnecting from Work Policy
At long last, the Ontario government has provided further information on their newly required Disconnecting from Work policy. As a reminder, late last year the government passed Bill 27, The...
Oh Snow!
While a “snow day” means something very specific to Canadian children (an unexpected day off school!) – it can mean something very different to employers and their employees. Is an...
Is Secretly Recording Conversations at Work Cause for Termination? A Recent Decision Out of BC Provides a Fresh Outlook
A recent decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court sheds new light on an employer’s ability to terminate an employee for just cause for secretly recording conversations in the workplace....
New Year, New CPP Premiums
2022 brings along another increase to Canada Pension Plan premiums contributions. This year, the maximum contributions by employees and employers to CPP is $3,499.80, compared to last year’s $3,166.00 –...
Employee Injured at Home Eligible for Workers’ Comp
A recent Quebec labour ruling found that an employee who sustained an injury while working from home was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Back in September 2020, a Canadian airline...