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BIRD RICHARD
508-130 Albert St,
Ottawa, Ontario
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Cleaner Washrooms on Construction Sites
/in Spring 2023 /by BirdRichardThe Ontario government is proposing changes to the Working for Workers Acts, 2021 and 2022. The changes will require women’s-only washrooms on construction sites and make the skilled trades more accessible for everyone. The women’s-only washrooms aims to promote a more private, clean and safe environment on construction sites. The implementation of this policy would […]
Leave for Injured Military Reservists
/in Spring 2023 /by BirdRichardThe Ontario government is introducing new legislation to create job-protected leave for injured military reservists. If passed, the legislation will allow military reservists to return to their civilian jobs after deployment. A job-protected leave will acknowledge their physical and mental trauma, and could provide the reservists with additional time off to recover before returning to […]
Working for Workers Act, 2023
/in Spring 2023 /by BirdRichardOn March 20, 2023, the Ontario government introduced the Working for Workers Act, 2023. This act will strengthen protections for temporary foreign workers who have become increasingly vulnerable to employers who withhold or retain a foreign worker’s passport or work permit. The highest maximum fines in Canada may be imposed on both businesses and individuals […]
Croke v. VuPoint Systems Ltd., 2023 ONSC 1234
/in Spring 2023 /by BirdRichardThe Ontario Superior Court of Justice has determined that an employee’s refusal to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy can give rise to the frustration of contract. In this case, a mandatory vaccination policy was implemented by Bell Canada, which operates through VuPoint Systems Ltd. (VuPoint). Two days after the policy was in effect, […]
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario v. York Region District School Board, 2022 ONCA 476 (40360)
/in Spring 2023 /by BirdRichardIn the recent decision Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario v. York Region District School Board, 2022 ONCA 476, the Court of Appeal for Ontario found that a school’s principal breached two teachers’ rights to privacy when he read and documented the teachers’ personal emails to each other, which had been left open on a school laptop. This […]
Ontario’s Proposed Changes to mass Lay-offs
/in Spring 2023 /by BirdRichardThe Ontario government is proposing updates to the Ontario Employment Standards Act (ESA) in an effort to protect remote workers. The proposed amendments seek to ensure that remote workers receive the same notice of termination, or pay-in-lieu of notice, as in-office employees would receive in mass termination situations. Currently, employers are only required to share […]
Ontario Expanding Cancer Coverage for Firefighters
/in Spring 2023 /by BirdRichardThe Ontario government has announced that it will be introducing regulatory amendments to expand cancer coverage for firefighters. The amendments to the Ontario Regulation 253/07 made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, will expand the list of presumptive illnesses to include certain cancers. The amendments will provide firefighters with access to compensation to support the […]
CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL – A COMPLIMENTARY PRESENTATION
/in Seminars /by BirdRichardHybrid Return-to-Work Plan
/in Winter 2023 /by AndrewPSAC opposed to the government’s hybrid work plan implementation What is the Government’s Hybrid Work Plan? In December 2022, the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board announced their plan to transition workers to a hybrid work system. This plan was expected to commence on March 31, 2023, with a mandatory policy for federal […]
Employment Insurance
/in Winter 2023 /by AndrewThe Extension of Sickness Benefits from 15 to 26 Weeks As provided for in Bill C-30, which came into effect on June 29, 2021, the Government of Canada has extended the maximum sickness benefit allowance. The 15-week period has now permanently changed to 26 weeks, which was implemented as December 18, 2022. The extension of […]