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By Vey Willetts LLP | 2 Minutes Read February 14, 2020

Smokers need not apply: can Ontario employers refuse to hire nicotine users?

As of February 1, 2020, U-Haul no longer hires nicotine users in 21 of the US states in which it operates. The company, which employs over 30,000 people across the US and Canada, announced this new policy late last year. While it may be easy to understand U-Haul’s stated rationale for introducing this anti-tobacco policy, to adopt the same in Ontario would likely expose the company to liability.

Article by Vey Willetts LLP / Employee Relations, Human Rights / discrimination in employment, employment application, employment law, health, human rights code, nicotine users, smoking, tobacco use disorder

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read November 8, 2018

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with maximum pensionable earnings and Canada Pension Plan contribution rates for 2019, smoking and vaping signage and fringe benefits.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Payroll / canada pension plan, compressed workweek, cpp, employment law, flexible work schedules, required postings, smoking, telecommuting, Vaping

By Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law | 2 Minutes Read June 17, 2013

Can employers in Canada refuse to hire smokers?

Recently, an Ottawa-based tech company called Momentous Corp. has attracted national attention because it implemented a blanket policy against hiring smokers and advertises that it will hire non-smokers only. In order to reduce its health costs, Momentous prohibits the hiring of or allowing any smoking on its property during working hours...

Article by Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / Absenteeism, addiction, Disability, discrimination based on disability, employment law, hiring smokers, increased insurance costs, lost productivity, nicotine addiction, non-smokers, smoking, smoking ban, smoking during work hours, tobacco

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