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By Beyond Rewards Inc | < 1 Minutes Read April 28, 2021

Return-to-work considerations

It is important for employers to know the return-to-work procedures for employees following a COVID-19 self-isolation period. As per the Ministry of Health guidance, individuals must self-isolate when they:

Article by Beyond Rewards Inc / Business, Employment Standards, Health and Safety / communication, COVID-19, employment law, health and safety, Return to work, self-isolation

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 3 Minutes Read January 21, 2021

Limiting access to federal recovery benefits during the mandatory quarantine

Man with suitcase standing at airportOn January 11, 2021, the Government of Canada announced that, retroactive to January 3, 2021, all international travellers who need to quarantine upon return to Canada will not be eligible to receive support from any of the Canada Recovery Benefits for the period of their mandatory quarantine.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Business, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy / Canada Recovery Benefits, COVID-19, employment law, international travel, mandatory quarantine, Non-essential travel, recovery benefits, self-isolation

By Vey Willetts LLP | 4 Minutes Read November 13, 2020

Breach of COVID-19 safety procedures justifies dismissal

We are finally starting to see how the first labour and employment cases have grappled with COVID-19 in the workplace. One such decision is Garda Security Screening Inc. v. IAM, District 140 (Shoker Grievance) ([2020] O.L.A.A. No. 162)[1], an arbitral award centred on staff working at an airport. The Shoker Grievance stems from a bulletin entitled "Know the Difference: Self -- Monitoring, Self -- Isolation, and Isolation for Covid -- 19 guidelines" (the “Health Bulletin”) which was distributed by Garda to its workers in late March 2020.

Article by Vey Willetts LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety / arbitration decision, COVID-19, Dismissal, employment law, grievance, health and safety, just cause, just cause dismissal, self-isolation, termination

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