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Silence is not condonation in temporary layoff cases

In Pham v. Qualified Metal Fabricators Ltd., 2023 ONCA 255, an appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Court overturned the trial judge’s finding that because the Plaintiff did not actively protest his layoff for 9 months, that he had in fact accepted the legitimacy off the layoff and thus could not claim that he had been constructively dismissed at the time of the layoff.

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Time theft: Employee ordered to repay employer

Recently, an accountant was ordered to repay her employer for engaging in time theft. In Besse v Reach CPA Inc., the employer submitted evidence via time-tracking software proving that the employee had engaged in time theft while working remotely.

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Employee’s time theft revealed by electronic monitoring

Although Ontario is the only province with mandatory electronic monitoring requirements for employers under the Employment Standards Act (ESA), British Columbia recently had an interesting wrongful dismissal case in which employee time theft, remote work, and electronic monitoring intersected.

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