Ontario Labour Relations Board
August 10, 2016 Lisa Stam, Spring Law Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
If you are reading an employment law blog you already know that employers have legal obligations under the Ontario Employment Standards Act. The top five violations for the fiscal year 2014/2015, as compiled by the Ministry of Labour, were with respect to…
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June 2, 2016 Cristina Lavecchia Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Government Budgets, Throne Speeches and Plans, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources
The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: The federal government’s consultation launch on the Canada Labour Code to provide federally regulated workers more flexibility in their work hours; a matter where the Ontario Court of Appeal deemed that an employer’s financial circumstances is no excuse for unreasonable notice; and a matter that deals with the Ontario Labour Relations Board’s jurisdiction over medical marijuana.
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April 7, 2016 Cristina Lavecchia Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Wages and Compensation
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with three cases: One case looks at whether an employee was entitled to public holiday pay; the second case looks at whether an employee was indeed terminated, and not transferred as stated by the employer; and the third case looks at employee discipline.
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December 3, 2015 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Training and Development, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with Ontario’s bill to implement budget measures; how to deal with safety inspectors; and building services providers and termination payments.
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July 30, 2015 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with statutory severance pay; unjust dismissal; and, napping while on duty.
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July 22, 2015 Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Wages and Compensation
Anyone involved in human resources may think that if an employee who works in a manufacturing facility surrounded by potential health and safety hazards is found sleeping on the job on more than one occasion, they should be dismissed for cause and disentitled to severance of any kind. That would be a reasonable “gut reaction” to this type of fact situation. In fact, such decisions are routinely upheld by both the courts and labour arbitrators.
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July 2, 2015 Employer Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, HRMS, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
An interesting decision was released in the retail sector which discusses a retail employee’s statutory right to refuse to work on a Sunday under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). At issue was a new company schedule that would have forced an employee to work additional hours on a Sunday. The employee not only argued […]
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July 31, 2014 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with employer retaliation; invalid unilateral management policies; and valid and enforceable releases.
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July 15, 2014 Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Union Relations
Vice-Chair Ian Anderson of the Ontario Labour Relations Board recently ruled in Canadian Union of Skilled Workers v. Hydro One Inc., 2014 CanLII 15069, a construction industry grievance that the employee’s use of profanity during a telephone call with his manager did not constitute conduct sufficient to justify a dismissal for cause.
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June 19, 2014 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Standard for Employment, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with limits on workplace mental stress claims; employee refusal to work on Sunday; and how an employee’s profanity towards a supervisor was not cause for termination.
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January 27, 2014 Stringer LLP Employee Relations, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Penalties and Fines
The Ontario Court of Appeal, in Ontario (Labour) v. Flex-N-Gate Canada Company, has overturned a lower Court finding found that an employer should be “rewarded” with a lower fine if it complied with an Order from a Ministry of Labour Inspector to make safety improvements after an accident.
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January 8, 2014 Stringer LLP Employee Relations, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights
The Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) recently made an important decision which may represent a significant shift in how it approaches allegations that employers have engaged in reprisals against workers who have filed harassment complaints.
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December 18, 2013 Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources
In a recent decision Hydro One Networks Inc. v. Thisdelle 2013 CanLii 67867, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) has upheld the decision of a Ministry of Labour Inspector (“MOL Inspector”) to issue a ticket against a Hydro One transportation and utility vehicle on the basis that the vehicle in and of itself constituted a “workplace” and therefore fell within the jurisdiction of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”). This decision gives a broad definition to “workplace” and no doubt means that other vehicles will fall within the jurisdiction of the OHSA.
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September 19, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Source Deductions and Reporting, Standard for Customer Service, Union Relations
The three most read articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with the AODA review, the 2014 Employment Insurance premium rates and how an injured employee was dismissed unjustly.
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April 11, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Privacy and Security, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with the court calling into question the termination without notice of a probationary employee, how the law around references is changing and how a mistake in a contract led to constructive dismissal.
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