Alberta Requires Paid Time off for Jab
Following last week’s e-Alert, where we noted that Alberta was expanding its unpaid personal and family responsibility leave to include getting the COVID-19 vaccine, the province has now changed course...
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British Columbia Establishes Vaccine Leave; Alberta Takes a Different Approach
British Columbia has become the second province (joining Saskatchewan) to provide a new job-protected leave for employees getting the COVID-19 vaccine. In particular, this new leave allows employees to take...
Masks Now Mandatory in all Quebec Workplaces
In a further effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, Quebec’s workplace safety board (CNESST) has now made it mandatory for masks to be worn at all times in the...
Pregnancy impacts reasonable notice period – 5 months’ notice awarded for only 4.5 months of service
A recent Ontario decision provides a vital reminder to employers about the importance of an enforceable termination provision and the risks associated with terminating pregnant employees. In Nahum v. Honeycomb...
Saskatchewan Requires Paid Time off for Jab
Now that COVID-19 vaccines are slowly becoming available, employers have been questioning not only whether they can mandate the vaccine but what benefits they can provide (or have to provide)...
Bad Behaviour Costs Employer $60,000!
A recent B.C. case, Fobert v. MCRCI Medicinal Cannabis Resource Centre Inc., highlights the potential cost of handling an employee’s termination in a ‘vindictive and malicious way’. After a year...
COVID-19 and the Common Law Reasonable Notice Period
Is COVID-19 and its impact on the economy a factor our courts will consider when assessing common law reasonable notice? The answer: It depends. The recent decision of Yee v....
New year, new you! Non-COVID goals that your organization may want to tackle in 2021…
With the chaos of 2020 behind us, and a glimmer of hope on the horizon, what better time than the present to identify some organizational goals that are not related...
Public Service Announcement for Federally Regulated Employers – Review your Employment Contracts!
Employers governed provincially and particularly those in Ontario have unfortunately become all too accustomed to courts deciding the termination provision in their employment agreements is unenforceable because it fails to...
$25,000 Awarded to Employee Who Was Terminated for Raising COVID-19 Concerns
A recent Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) decision confirms that employers will have to pay significant damages in the event an employee is terminated for raising health and safety...