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By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minutes Read March 23, 2017

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: An employee who was dismissed for not submitting a doctor's note in a timely fashion; a firefighter who was reinstated after being dismissed for sexually harassing a co–worker; and human rights claims, made by a former employee, that were barred by terms of a final release received on termination.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / abuse of process, dismissal without notice, dismissed for just cause, doctor's note, employment law, final release, full and final release, human rights code, sexual harassment, sick leave policy, workplace harassment, wrongful dismissal

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read November 26, 2014

Use caution when managing your sick leave policy

When a health centre updated its sick-leave procedures, it thought it would be making it easier and safer for employees to return to work after an illness. In practice, things played out very differently.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / aggressive pursuit of more medical information, delaying pay, doctor's note, employment law, invading employees' privacy, management personnel, manager intervention, policies and procedures, return to work after an illness, Saskatchewan, sick days, sick leave, sick leave policy, sick pay, sick-leave pay, sick-leave procedures, sick-time hours

By Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law | 3 Minutes Read February 14, 2014

OHRT rules the “flu” is not a “disability” attracting the protection of the Human Rights Code

Rule of lawAs an employment law practitioner, it is refreshing to see any court and/or administrative tribunal release a decision that makes “common sense” (as well as legal sense). Recently, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal had to determine if the common flu and strep throat constituted disabilities under the Human Rights Code .

Article by Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law / Employee Relations, Human Rights / common flu, disabilities, Disability, disability management, discrimination, discrimination on the basis of disability, duty to accommodate, employment law, flu is not a disability, human rights code, illness, not every illness will constitute a disability, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, short term common ailments, sick days, sick leave, sick leave policy, sicknesses, strep throat

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