Emond Harnden

Is your biz or IT consultant your employee? Time to check the fine print, says government of Ontario

The ESA has a new exemption, and the OHSA is addressing the risk of opioid overdoses for workers on the job.

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There’s a new Ontario law that employers need to know

The pandemic has led many employers to embrace work-from-home arrangements with their employees, but that doesn’t mean they can’t check up on them. “The lines

Demystifying an employee’s “right” to disconnect

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The pandemic brought many new realities for employers to navigate, one being Ontario is Bill 27, a new law that is erroneously being called the

Clearing the air on Ontario’s ‘disconnecting from work’ policies

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As the June 2 deadline for employers in Ontario to have a policy on how employees can disconnect from work quickly approaches, lawyers like Céline

What changing COVID-19 restrictions mean for employers

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As the recent Omicron wave slows down, public health officials are easing pandemic restrictions – in some cases, dropping vaccine passports and in-door mask use.

What to do about unvaccinated employees?

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As employers institute vaccination policies for COVID-19, they face big questions about how to manage unvaccinated employees. OBJ publisher Michael Curran sat down with Porter

Pandemic-era workplaces: Vaccinations, reopening offices and remote work

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There is widespread hope that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines will enable a full economic reopening and a return to some semblance of normalcy for

Managing a pandemic workforce: The rules employers need to know

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As the pandemic continues to change the way in which companies and their employees work, employers are facing new sets of questions and challenges. To