Human Rights Code<\/em>, then the employer may seek to implement additional protective measures to comply with its legal requirements under Ontario law. Accommodating someone\u2019s exemption should not result in a reduction of the safety of others and the employer must reasonably balance the interests of those involved.<\/p>\nEmployers may likewise be required to implement training sessions where they are of the opinion that other personal protective equipment is needed in the workplace in addition to masks.<\/p>\n
The government sets out that, among other things, a mask should securely cover the nose and mouth and fit closely to the face without gaps. Masks should not have tears and should be clean and dry. Importantly, a mask should not introduce new health or safety hazards into the workplace such as masks getting caught in machinery or restricting vision.<\/p>\n
Finally, face shields may be acceptable as a personal protective equipment to protect the eyes. However, the degree to which a face shield provides with adequate protection may not be appropriate in all the circumstances. Face shields should not be used in place of masks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you are interested to find out more about some of your responsibilities, as an employer, with respect to the wearing of masks at the workplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic you should visit the Ontario government\u2019s website at the following link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/using-masks-workplace#section-3 Briefly, the Ontario government suggests that masks can be used in two ways […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Masks.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeilikmanlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}