Navigating Ontario’s Employment Standards Act: Part II (Employment Standards Act Exemptions) Navigating Ontario’s Employment Standards Act: Part II ( Employment Standards Act Exemptions ) Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (the ESA) The ESA sets out the minimum terms...
Navigating Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (ESA): Part I Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (the ESA) The ESA sets out the minimum terms of employment for most employees in Ontario. It is a complex law that is difficult to understand. An employer cannot contract...
Workplace Investigations: Some Dos and Don’ts Workplace Misconduct Complaints – “To Investigate or Not to Investigate, That is the Question” Most private sector employers are not required to investigate alleged employee misconduct. Even though...
What Is The Cost of Terminating a Pregnant Employee? The Cost of Terminating a Pregnant Employee A Pregnant Employee’s Rights In Ontario, any woman who is hired at least 13 weeks before the date her baby is expected to be born is entitled to take a pregnancy leave of...
Employment Laws – Do They Apply When Your Employees Travel? Geographical barriers don’t exist in today’s business world. But when your employees travel outside Ontario for work, have you considered which employment laws apply? And if this is on a regular basis, you...
Navigating Employment Law: Changes, Rules and Exceptions that Matter At MacLeod Law Firm, we restrict our practice to labour and employment law. There are many statutes that apply to employees and employers and only a firm specializing in this area understands these...
Employment Standards Act reforms could overwhelm small businesses Doug was interviewed by Advocate Daily on how reforms to the Employment Standards Act will impact small business. This is an excerpt from that interview … “Several recommendations outlined...
Employee Severance Package – the MacLeod Law Human Touch Employee Severance Package – the MacLeod Law Human Touch Employees often contacts our office with a severance package within a day or two of the being terminated. They want to know if the severance package is...