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By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 3 Minutes Read January 10, 2017

Family status accommodation: How to respond to requests

Because of changes in demographics and other reasons, employees are increasingly asking for changed work schedules or time off work to care for children and elderly parents (i.e. family status accommodation). Depending on the size of the business and the employee’s duties these requests can create real problems. As a result, employers often ask whether a request for changed hours or time off work must be accommodated. The legal landscape has been shifting in this area for a number of years. This blog discusses the applicable legislation and some recent case law.

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Union Relations / child care, Elder care, employment law, family status, Family Status Accommodation, human rights code, Johnson Test, Misetich test, Misetich v Value Village

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read June 16, 2014

Ontario Employment Law Conference wrap-up: We learned the latest!

Last Tuesday, over 100 businesses from across Ontario joined us and the employment law team from Stringer LLP to discuss pressing employment issues like avoiding occupational health and safety penalties, accommodating employees' family status, getting ready for the new Employment Standard, using employment contracts to protect your business, and the perils of employee benefits.

Article by Adam Gorley / Accessibility Standards, Administration, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy / #firstref2014, 15th Ontario Employment Law Conference, 2014 Ontario Employment Law Conference, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accident response plan, accommodating family status, Allison Taylor, AODA, Child care obligations, criminal code, criminal negligence, Elder care, employment contracts, family status, individualized workplace emergency response information, jail time for OHS offences, Jeremy Schwartz, Jessica Young, Landon Young, Metron Construction, non-competition, non-solicitation, occupational health and safety act, OHS awareness training, OHSA, reasonable accommodation, restrictive covenants, Roofing Medics, Ryan Conlin, Stringer LLP

By Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation | 3 Minutes Read November 1, 2012

Accommodation of family status

A recent decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal provides a timely reminder of two important points in the context of accommodation of employees...

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