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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 Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 2 Minutes Read January 14, 2014

Doctor’s notes: When should an employer ask for one?

Dr. Scott Wooder, president of the Ontario Medical Association, says employers that require doctor's notes could be unwittingly increasing the spread of germs by unnecessarily sending sick people to doctors' offices.

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / absent from work, absent from work because of illness, collective agreement, doctor's note, employee is sick and unable to work, employment law, flu season, HR Law, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, medical note, OMA, Ontario Medical Association, paid sick leave, Return to work, short-term disability plans, sick credit policy, sick leave, sick leave policy, sick pay, unionized workplaces

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 4 Minutes Read April 30, 2010

A very expensive case of bad-faith termination and sick pay fraud

I recently read an interesting case about sick pay fraud and bad-faith termination. After reading the employer’s version of what happened, I was pretty convinced...

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employment Standards / absence, arbitration, bad faith termination, Canada, collective agreement, disability management, dishonesty, employee fraud, employee surveillance, employment law, evidence, fraud, injury, lie, ontario, sick leave, sick pay, termination, video surveillance, workplace surveillance, wrongful dismissal

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