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About Sultan Lawyers

Sultan Lawyers is a Toronto-based award-winning employment and immigration law firm, focused on all major aspects of workplace law issues with a subspecialty in workplace immigration. We help both employers and employees to plan proactively and mitigate risk, and to resolve disputes where issues escalate to the point where legal intervention is needed. Blog posts are written by Sharaf Sultan, Kristine Gorman, Santana DiNardo, Kirk Alcock, and Alvy Chowdhury.

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The impact of COVID-19 on employment contracts

The pandemic has normalized work from home arrangements as employees were forced to quickly adapt to remote work in response to the closure of all non-essential businesses. With many workplaces able to operate almost seamlessly outside of a formal office, many workplaces are now considering a future that permits more flexibility in terms of where employees may perform their work.

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Separation of employment

Employment relationships may come to an end for several reasons. The reasons for the separation, and the type of dismissal that occurs, will impact an employer’s obligations to the terminated employee.

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Government-mandated remote work: What does this mean?

Employers who require employees to attend the workplace may be able to defend their decision based on the lack of equipment and/or infrastructure, as well as the lack of financial inability to invest in remote work for employees.

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