Recently, Ted Flett was featured in a case commentary in Canadian HR Reporter. The story discussed a recent decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, Zameel v ABC Group Product Development, 2023 HRTO 533. (“Zameel”) and is summarized below. In Zameel, on April...
New Regulation Has Hang Ups: Infectious Disease Emergency Leave, O Reg 228/20 In the midst of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, employers have been raising concerns that the temporary layoff and termination provisions of the Employment Standards Act,...
ince the World Health Organization declared a pandemic over the spread of COVID-19 on March 11, 2020, several areas of life, including one’s workplace, have been found to be un-immune to the effects of this super-contagious virus. In Ontario, the sacred employment...