Labour & Employment Law Blog

Category: COVID-19

Ontario to end paid sick day program on March 31, 2023

Jennifer Zeilikman
March 28, 2023
2 minute read

The Ontario government has released its 2023 budget. The budget has confirmed that Ontario will end its temporary paid sick day program on March…

Time Theft and Remote Work

Jennifer Zeilikman
February 22, 2023
4 minute read

Time Theft and Remote Work Remote work or work-from-home arrangements rapidly increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There also has been a rapid increase…

COVID-19 Update

Jennifer Zeilikman
January 27, 2023
7 minute read

As we begin 2023, we must acknowledge the unprecedented impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on employment law. We have written numerous blogs…

Bleak Economic Conditions May Give Rise to a Longer Notice Period

Jennifer Zeilikman
November 2, 2022
2 minute read

To remind our readers, as we have set out prior in other blogs, in the absence of a contractual term stating otherwise, a dismissed…

Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Clauses in An Employment Contract Can Make a Termination Clause Unenforceable

Jennifer Zeilikman
September 26, 2022
4 minute read

The Ontario Superior Court released a decision, Henderson v. Slavin et al., 2022 ONSC 2964 (“Henderson”), which follows in the footsteps of Waksdale v.…

Update on Infectious Disease Emergency Leave

Jennifer Zeilikman
August 3, 2022
3 minute read

The Ontario government had made several changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) related to COVID-19 and the worldwide pandemic. A significant change…

Ontario Court Of Appeal Does Not Provide Clarification On COVID-19 Layoffs

Jennifer Zeilikman
June 15, 2022
3 minute read

There remains uncertainty in the law with respect to whether an employee who was temporarily laid off by their employer due to COVID-19 can…

Getting fired during the COVID-19 pandemic

Arthur Zeilikman
May 11, 2022
2 minute read

If you are like thousands of Ontarians who have lost their job during the COVID-19 pandemic, you must be wondering if the pandemic may…

The Duty of Fair Representation, Grievances and Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies of the Employer: Ontario Labour Relations Board Decides

Jennifer Zeilikman
February 3, 2022
4 minute read

In the recent decision of Tiffany Bloomfield, Danielle Hurding, Mel Lewis, Lexi L. Bezzo, and Jaclyn Wagner v. Service Employees International Union, 2022 CanLII…

The Right to Disconnect from Work and the Downfall of Non-Compete Clauses

Jennifer Zeilikman
December 17, 2021
3 minute read

In October 2021, the Ontario government proposed a bill that would require employers with 25 employees or more to develop workplace policies to ensure…