Click-through Agreements…Think Twice Before You Click
We have all bound ourselves to internet agreements – especially this time of year. Whether you book your vacation online, buy that gift on Amazon, or as in the case below, sign your employment agreement online, be careful what you click through. A recent Court of Appeal case could affect the way courts interpret click-through […]
Recent Changes to Employment Law in Ontario – Right to Disconnect and More
On December 2, 2021 Bill 27, Working for Worker Act (“Bill 27”), received Royal Assent introducing significant changes to employment law in Ontario and has amended several statutes. This legislation aims to achieve a number of goals such as improving employees’ work-life balance, increasing competition in business and labour markets by prohibiting non-compete agreements and implementing a licensing requirement for temporary help agencies and recruiters.
Claiming WSIB Benefits for COVID-19
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) offers coverage to employees who contract COVID-19 while working on the job. To determine whether the COVID-19 claim is work-related, the WSIB will look at details like the person’s employment activities, their symptoms, and whether their work significantly contributed to their illness.
Employer Screening for COVID-19
On September 25, 2020, Ontario introduced the COVID-19 “Screening Tool” for workplaces. It includes a minimum set of questions that must be asked by employers to employees and essential visitors on each day they come to work, beginning on September 26, 2020.
Employment Contracts Benefit Employers
The termination of a long-term employee can cost a business up to two years of salary, benefits, and pension payments for that employee. With the removal of mandatory retirement ages, that liability has increased for everyone.
Sexual Harassment and the Construction Industry – Take a Good Hard Look – I Dare Ya!
Authored by Catherine Willson. Unless you live under a rock, you are aware that in the last three months the ground has shifted on sexual harassment. Women are standing up like never before and saying, “Enough is enough!” The Construction Industry is no different than the other industries we are reading about in the news. […]
Employer Alert: Ontario Government Moving Quickly to Introduce Employee Friendly Changes to the Employment Standards Act
PROPOSED CHANGES TO ONTARIO’S EMPLOYMENT LAWS Authored by Catherine Willson with the assistance of Articling student Stefanie Lima The Ontario Government in an attempt to create fairness, opportunity, and security for workers across Ontario has announced that it intends to introduce several amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). The proposed changes, which will […]
Abusive Bosses Be Forewarned
The days of having to grin and bear the abusive boss are over. When Anna Stamos’s boss kicked down her door and threatened her, she walked out of her workplace never to return. But that was not the last that Annuity heard from Stamos. She sued for constructive dismissal. Having resigned, Stamos should be foreclosed […]
