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Details of Emergency Declaration and Impact on Ontario Employers Now Available

As we advised readers in our earlier Focus Alert, the Province of Ontario has declared a second provincial emergency in…

Arbitrator Deems COVID-19 Surveillance Testing Policy Reasonable in Retirement Home Setting

Given the novelty of COVID-19, employers in various sectors continue to grapple with the implementation of health and safety policies…

Arbitrator Upholds Hospital’s Objection to Qualification of Occupational Hygiene Expert in Field of COVID-19 Infectious Disease Transmission

Since the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario health care sector unions have raised occupational health and safety-related concerns…

Participating Nursing Homes and ONA – Expedited COVID-19 Policy Grievance: Right to PPE Not Completely Unfettered

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently issued a mandatory injunction ordering four separate long-term care homes in and around…

Ontario Government Releases Specific Workplace Safety Guidelines in Preparation for Gradual Provincial Reopening

On April 30, 2020, in preparation for the eventual gradual re-opening of the province in accordance with its recently announced…

Ontario Superior Court of Justice Issues Emergency Injunction in Long-Term Care Sector at Request of Nurses’ Union

A major characteristic of the global COVID-19 pandemic has been the occupational health and safety-related concerns that it has raised…

Remote Work Considerations: An Employer’s Guide

As the world manages its way through the current COVID-19 global pandemic, employers are required to act quickly to implement…