Why pandemic temporary layoffs could still cause business headaches
While the pandemic is seemingly in the rearview mirror, many businesses are still grappling with the fallout. A recent temporary layoffs case has some lessons.
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PSAC strike could have domino effect for unionized workers: labour experts
Jock Climie, a management-side labour and employment lawyer with Ottawa-based Emond Harnden, says inflation is lending itself to higher militancy in unionized sectors, adding PSAC’s
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.
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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