Another Recent Arbitration Decision Upholds an Employer’s Mandatory Vaccination Policy as Reasonable
In a recent arbitration decision, Unifor Local 973 and Coca-Cola Bottling Limited [Coca-Cola Bottling Ltd.], the employer’s mandatory vaccination policy was upheld as reasonable. This decision is significant for employers as it provides insight into the way that decision makers view mandatory vaccination policies in light of many provinces, including Ontario, recently lifting their COVID-19 […]
Arbitrator Upholds Another Mandatory Vaccination Policy as Reasonable
In a recent arbitration decision, The Toronto District School Board and CUPE, Local 4400 [TDSB], an employer’s mandatory vaccination policy was upheld as reasonable. This decision is part of a recent line of arbitration decisions which have upheld mandatory vaccination policies as reasonable despite the fact that as of March 28, 2022, employers in Ontario […]
Recent Arbitration Decision Upholds Mandatory Vaccination Policy as Reasonable
In a recent arbitration decision, Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175 [Extendicare], the arbitrator upheld an employer’s mandatory vaccination policy. This decision falls within a line of recent arbitration decisions where arbitrators have upheld mandatory vaccination policies as reasonable, even as provinces have recently lifted their COVID-19 […]
The Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022: Protections for a New Legislative Class of Workers
On April 11, 2022, the Working for Workers Act, 2022—the most recent omnibus legislation to modify employment and labour standards in Ontario—received Royal Assent, enacting the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 [DPWRA]. As mentioned in our recent blog post, on the day it comes into force, the DPWRA will create new rights for digital […]
Quebec Tribunal Held Worker Entitled to Workers’ Compensation for Occupational Injury Sustained while on Break at Home
In the recent decision, Air Canada and Gentile-Patti, 2021 QCTAT 5829 [Gentile-Patti], Quebec’s Administrative Labour Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) held that an employee was entitled to compensation for suffering an occupational injury while working from home. The Tribunal ruled that while the employee injured herself on her lunch break, this period was connected to her work, […]
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal Has Made One of the Largest Damages Awards for Injury to Dignity, Feelings, and Self-respect in Canadian History
THE B.C. HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL HAS MADE ONE OF THE LARGEST DAMAGES AWARDS FOR INJURY TO DIGNITY, FEELINGS, AND SELF-RESPECT IN CANADIAN HISTORY In 2021 the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (“BCHRT” or the “Tribunal”) made one of the largest damages awards to compensate a Complainant for the injury to their dignity, feelings, and self-respect […]
Ontario Announces End of Mask Mandates and Vaccination Policy Requirements, Along with Long-Term Approach for Lifting Remaining COVID-Related Restrictions
Ontario Announces End of Mask Mandates and Vaccination Policy Requirements, Along with Long-Term Approach for Lifting Remaining COVID-Related Restrictions On March 9, 2022, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health (“CMOH”) announced that mask mandates for most Ontario businesses and organizations will end March 21, 2022, in addition to the province’s new long-term approach for lifting […]
Ontario Government Seeks to Introduce New Measures for Employers Under the Proposed Working for Workers Act, 2022
Ontario Government Seeks to Introduce New Measures for Employers Under the Proposed Working for Workers Act, 2022 Last year, the Ontario government introduced Bill 27, or the Working for Workers Act, 2021. This legislation proposed various measures that were applicable to employers, including requiring certain employers in Ontario to implement new right to disconnect policies. […]
Ontario Ministry of Labour Releases Updated Guide on Written Policies on Disconnecting From Work
On February 18, 2022, the Ministry of Labour (the “Ministry”) updated its Guide to the Employment Standards Act (“ESA Guide”) to include a chapter on written policies on disconnecting from work (“DFW Policy”). The Employment Standards Act, 2000 [ESA] was amended in December 2021 to include, among other changes, a new requirement for employers with […]
OLRB Decisions Find that Unions Fairly Represented Employees in their Response to COVID-19 Vaccine Policies
In a series of recent decisions, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) dismissed applications alleging that multiple unions breached their duty of fair representation to their members as outlined in section 74 of Ontario’s Labour Relations Act [OLRA]. In these applications, the applicant employees alleged that their unions represented them in a manner that was […]