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By Piccolo Heath LLP | 5 Minutes Read October 15, 2019

The chalk dust has not settled on strike action at Ontario schools: What’s an employer to do?

By now you have all heard, whether from news reports or from your school board, that the thousands of CUPE members employed as custodial staff, early childhood educators, special education assistants and/or office administration staff of various School Boards reached an 11th hour agreement with the Province of Ontario which prevented wide-spread school closures across the Province.

Article by Piccolo Heath LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / accommodating child care responsibilities, accommodation on the basis of family status, employment law, family responsibility leave, flexible work schedule, school closures, school strike

By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read November 1, 2017

The curious incident of the sick dog and paid leave in the work day

Earlier in October news outlets reported that a woman in Italy had successfully petitioned her employer to allow her to use two days of paid leave to care for her sick dog, rather than use vacation allotment.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / Absenteeism, accommodation, accommodation on the basis of family status, bereavement leave, employment law, family leave, Human Resources, paid leave, personal emergency leave, policies and procedures

By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minute Read June 9, 2016

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with:An Ontario human rights case where an employee’s dismissal by her employer for having lied about when she found out about her pregnancy was ruled to be non-discriminatory; a decision that clarifies that the duty to mitigate does not apply when an employer terminates a fixed-term employment contract before its end date; and an FAQ that looks at an employee who is looking for accommodation to care for their child because they cannot afford daycare.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / accommodation on the basis of family status, accommodation policy, contractual damages, discrimination, duty to mitigate, employment contract, employment law, employment standards, firing pregnant employee, fixed-term contracts, human rights code, Human rights complaint, human rights tribunal, labour relations, Terminating a fixed-term contract early, workers compensation, Workplace discrimination

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