by Doug MacLeod | Dec 23, 2019
A proposed change to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (the Act) contained in Bill 148 states that an employer shall not require an employee to provide a medical note from a qualified health practitioner (as defined in the Act) as evidence of a sickness if the...
by Doug MacLeod | Dec 23, 2019
1. A lawyer can explain your obligations under the Employment Standards Act. Did you know there are employees who are not entitled to vacation pay, overtime pay, termination pay and severance pay under this law? For employees who do not work a regular workweek did you...
by MacLeod Law Firm | Dec 23, 2019
By April Cunningham, Associate Editor Two Toronto Transit Commission workers failed random drug tests on the first day of agency’s new policy, but that doesn’t necessarily justify it, says Toronto employment lawyer Doug MacLeod. Although an Ontario...
by Doug MacLeod | Dec 23, 2019
Once upon a time, employees did not sign employment contracts with termination clauses and employment lawyers fought over the appropriate “reasonable” notice period. In 2017, employees now often claim, among other things, wrongful dismissal damages, human rights...
by Doug MacLeod | Dec 23, 2019
Because of changes in demographics and other reasons, employees are increasingly asking for changed work schedules or time off work to care for children and elderly parents. Depending on the size of the business and the employee’s duties these requests can create real...
by MacLeod Law Firm | Dec 23, 2019
By AdvocateDaily.com Staff Guidelines recently updated by the Ontario Human Rights Commission should clarify what medical documentation is required to accommodate disabilities, says Toronto employment lawyer Doug MacLeod. “The guidelines are a pretty good framework...
by Doug MacLeod | Dec 23, 2019
Lawyers as forest rangers You can compare employment lawyers to forest rangers. We prevent legal fires when we, for example, draft employment contracts and legally required policies, and when we provide prophylactic advice such as pre-termination advice. We put out...
by MacLeod Law Firm | Dec 23, 2019
Employees who lose their jobs have more legal options than just bringing a wrongful dismissal action, says Toronto employment and labour lawyer Doug MacLeod. “For a long time, most terminated employees only claimed termination pay in lieu of notice of termination,”...
