Childbearing and Elderly Caring: How to respond to requests for family status accommodation 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....
Employee or Contractor? That is the $64,000 Question For over 25 years, clients have been asking me whether a person is an employee or a contractor in various legal contexts. When the Question Arises “A former contractor is pregnant and is claiming employment...
Making the Workplace an Accessible Place: One Obligation At a Time The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act, 2005, (the “AODA”), is a statute aimed at developing, implementing and enforcing standards that promote accessibility for people with disabilities...
Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA): Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask Mandatory health and safety awareness training is the latest obligation being imposed on Ontario employers under OHSA. All employees must complete training by...