(Podcast) California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
California Employment News: SB848 – Protected Leave for Reproductive Loss
Labor & Employment Symposium - Topics: Remote Work; Handling Leaves of Absence; Vaccination Incentives Under Wellness Programs
When Sick Leave Runs Out—Managing Employee Absences and Balancing Legal Obligations
Employers: Benefits Considerations Post-Pandemic [More with McGlinchey Ep. 3]
Successful Return-to-Work Strategies post-COVID-19
Employer Planning for Coronavirus
I-16 – Kneeling, Indefinite Leave, DC Updates, Non-Compete Consideration, and Pretty as a Protected Class
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
Episode 19: Is This Paid Family Leave’s Moment?
Negotiating the Maze of Overlapping Leave Laws
The Overlap Between The FMLA and the ADA
Is an Honor Vacation Policy Right for My Company?
In Teamsters Local Union 987 of Alberta v Purolator Inc., 2024 CanLII 21937 (CA LA), an arbitrator dealt with a clash between the amount of leave days under a unionized employer’s collective agreements (CA) and the leave...more
On November 30, 2023, Canada’s federal government introduced Bill C-59, Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill C-59), which would implement proposals in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement (Statement). Bill C-59...more
On October 26, 2023, Ontario’s Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023 (Bill 79) received Royal Assent and came into force. The statutes amended by Bill 79 include the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), the Occupational...more
In Soave v. Stahle Construction Inc., 2023 ONCA 265, the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) allowed an employer’s appeal of the trial judge’s finding that an employee who was on a temporary leave at the time of an injury was...more
This is a G-rated post. PG at worst. Toronto-area shop teacher Kayla Lemieux -- you know, the one with the famous Z-cup breasts -- has been placed on a leave of absence now that the New York Post has reported that she is...more
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal’s decision in LaFleche v. NLFD Auto, 2022 BCHRT 88, provides employers with insight into how they should conduct themselves while their employees are on a leave of absence. The...more
Employers in Ontario have been waiting for clarification on the interpretation of COVID-19 leave provisions throughout much of the pandemic. Employers had hoped that the Court of Appeal’s decision in Taylor v Hanley...more
In Bunge Hamilton Canada, Hamilton, Ontario v. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, the arbitrator found that a mandatory vaccination policy requiring unvaccinated unionized employees to be placed on unpaid...more
On December 17, 2021, Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code (Bill C-3), received Royal Assent. Bill C-3’s intention is to provide support, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, to workers in...more
As we previously highlighted, on May 29, 2020, the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL Regulation), under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The IDEL...more
On May 29, 2020, the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (the “IDEL Regulation”), under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). The IDEL Regulation retroactively...more
On May 20, 2021, the Government of British Columbia passed Bill 13, which amended the Employment Standards Act to provide an employee with paid leave if he or she needs to stay home for reasons related to COVID-19. The bill...more
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court has dealt yet another blow to employers in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision of Justice D.A. Broad in Coutinho v Ocular Health Centre, released April 27,...more
As we entered a new decade in 2020, Canada saw significant developments in labour and employment law, some of which related to COVID-19. This Insight provides an overview of 14 key 2020 developments, with links to more...more
On December 17, 2020, the Government of Ontario announced that the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave regulation will be extended to July 3, 2021. The regulation was previously set to expire on January 2, 2021. ...more
L’Assemblée nationale du Québec a récemment adopté le projet de loi no 51, Loi visant principalement à améliorer la flexibilité du régime d'assurance parentale afin de favoriser la conciliation famille-travail (la « Loi »)....more
The Ontario government recently enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, which created an “infectious disease emergency leave” for employees who are off work due to COVID-19. As a result of a very recent regulation, Ontario...more
Quebec’s National Assembly recently enacted Bill 51, An Act mainly to improve the flexibility of the parental insurance plan in order to promote family-work balance (Act). The Act promotes family-work balance and the sharing...more
Le 3 septembre 2020, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé que le règlement intitulé Congé spécial en raison d’une maladie infectieuse, qui prévoit que les employés faisant l’objet d’une mise à pied temporaire en raison de...more
On September 3, 2020, the Government of Ontario announced that the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave regulation, which deemed employees who were placed on a temporary layoff due to COVID-19 to be on a job-protected leave of...more
On July 24, 2020, Ontario’s new Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, became law. In accordance with Bill 195, Ontario’s Emergency Declaration has ended (subject to the provincial...more
Le 29 mai 2020, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a adopté le Règlement de l’Ontario 228/20 (le « Règlement »), qui élargit la portée du congé spécial en raison d’une maladie infectieuse prévu aux termes de la Loi de 2000 sur les...more
On May 29, 2020, the Government of Ontario enacted O. Reg 228/20, which expanded the scope of the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The key elements of the regulation are...more
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the governments of a number of jurisdictions in Canada have amended their employment standards legislation to entitle employees to emergency unpaid job-protected leave when they are unable...more
At the time this Insight was prepared, there were eight reported cases of the coronavirus in Canada; three are in Ontario and five in British Columbia. The first of these cases was confirmed on January 25 and the last was...more