ONTARIO’S DIVISIONAL COURT CLARIFIES EMPLOYERS’ SEVERANCE PAY OBLIGATIONS Severance Pay Section 64(1)(b) of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) requires an employer, with a payroll of $2.5 million or more,…
VACCINE POLICIES AND PASSPORTS: AN UPDATE FOR ONTARIO EMPLOYERS
Amendment of “Step 3”: Ontario Regulation 577/21 In the absence of public health guidance on the issue, Ontario employers have coped with uncertainty surrounding a basis for implementing a COVID-19…
NEW FEDERALLY REGULATED WORKPLACE HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION REGULATIONS
On January 1, 2021, the Government of Canada’s Bill C-65 Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations SOR/2020-130 (the “Regulation”) came into effect. The new Regulation, which applies to federal workplaces…