- Court of Appeal Declines to Decide if a Temporary Layoff Can Constitute Constructive Dismissal - May 16 2022
- Most COVID-19 Workplace Requirements No Longer in Force as of March 21 2022- March 18 2022
- Ontario Moves to Roadmap Exit Step under the Reopening Ontario Act - March 3, 2022
- Ontario Government Extends Temporary Layoff Exemption and Paid IDEL Period - December 7 2021
- Ontario Government Passes Working for Workers Act, 2021 - December 2 2021
- Ontario Government Proposes Significant Changes to Several Work-Related Statutes - October 27 2021
- Service Canada Provides Guidance for Issuing Records of Employment When Employee Fails to Comply With Vaccination Policy - October 2021
- 24 Hour Advice for Employers: 24 Hour Line: 416.420.0738 or info@sherrardkuzz.com
- Superior Court Does a 180 - Finds COVID-19 Related Temporary Layoff NOT a Constructive Dismissal - June 2021
- For all of our COVID-19 resources see Briefing Notes
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Court of Appeal Declines to Decide if a Temporary Layoff Can Constitute Constructive Dismissal
In the May of 2021 decision of Coutinho v. Ocular Health Centre, the Ontario Superior Court ruled a COVID-19-related temporary layoff deemed to be an Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (“IDEL”) under the province’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) could constitute a constructive dismissal under the common law.
In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario reminded employers that the days of locker-room banter in the workplace are over.
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