Employer Obligations | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca Employment & Labour Lawyers Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MacLeod-Law-Firm-icon-60x60.jpg Employer Obligations | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca 32 32 Childbearing and Elderly Caring: How to respond to requests for family status accommodation https://macleodlawfirm.ca/childbearing-and-elderly-caring/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 14:07:26 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=3092 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 problems. As a result, employers often ask us whether a request for changed hours or time off work must be accommodated.

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]]> Employee or Contractor? That is the $64,000 Question https://macleodlawfirm.ca/employee-or-contractor-that-is-the-64-000-question/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:25:43 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2759 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 insurance maternity benefits and now Revenue Canada says I owe EI and CPP premiums on the compensation I paid her.” “The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has audited me and tells me I owe…

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]]> Making the Workplace an Accessible Place: One Obligation At a Time https://macleodlawfirm.ca/aoda-everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:12:59 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2472 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 in Ontario. This law is being phased-in over 20 years. The AODA has the potential to improve many Canadian’s lives but it faces one major problem: lack of compliance. According to Canadian HR Reporter…

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]]> Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA): Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask https://macleodlawfirm.ca/health-and-safety-2/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:38:42 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=1926 Mandatory health and safety awareness training is the latest obligation being imposed on Ontario employers under OHSA. All employees must complete training by July 1, 2014. The Ministry of Labour will exempt employers who have already provided equivalent training to its employees. For more information on this new training requirement, click here. Under Bill 168, a 2010 amendment to OHSA…

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