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Ontario’s Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88), which enacts the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022, provides a new minimum wage and other foundational rights for digital platform workers.

Ontario’s Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022, introduces new and ground-breaking amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000, including requiring certain employers to prepare policies about any electronic monitoring of employees.

Following a busy fall full of COVID-19 vaccination policy rollouts and challenges to the policies by labour unions and employees, labour arbitrators are beginning to issue decisions based on these disputes.

Ontario recently enacted new laws to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000, and is the first province to pass a law about the “right to disconnect”.

As workplace investigations have become more commonplace, employers are now faced with a multitude of considerations both in the selection of an investigator and how the investigation will be conducted.

More and more labour and employment lawyers are using and relying on digital evidence and this will only continue to increase in a post-pandemic world.

The Ontario Courts have now rendered conflicting judgments regarding the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) and whether it modifies the common law regarding constructive dismissal. At this timely program, our expert faculty will provide an in-depth analysis of the IDEL and how it has been interpreted by the Courts to date, and offer practical guidance for management and employee-side counsel.

Many businesses are considering establishing vaccination policies that seek to keep employees and customers safe by confirming or requiring vaccinations of people attending at the business location.

Ontario businesses are struggling to keep up to date on their health and safety obligations related to the pandemic, as well as determining how to respond appropriately to their employees’ requests for accommodation and other generalized concerns about Covid-19. 

2020 has truly been a memorable year. This includes in the area of employment law where a number of decisions have been released by the Supreme Court of Canada and Ontario Courts that will have a lasting impact on employment litigation and employment agreements.