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Showing posts with label Absenteeism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Absenteeism. Show all posts
Thursday 14 December 2017

The Statutory Right to Paid Sick Leave and What Constitutes “Evidence Reasonable in the Circumstances”

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Amongst the changes ushered in by the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 , S.O. 2017 C.22 , formerly Bill 148, is the provision of tw...
Saturday 2 September 2017

Ontario’s Top Court Confirms that Employees May Sometimes be Required to Attend Medical Examination by Doctor of Employer’s Choosing

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(c) istock/vadimguzhva “The motion for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs fixed at $1,000.” With those thirteen simple words, Ontar...
Tuesday 29 August 2017

Entitlement to Bereavement Leave in Ontario

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How much paid bereavement leave is an employee entitled to in Ontario? And what constitutes “evidence reasonable in the circumstances” t...
Sunday 6 September 2015

Employee on Disability Leave Deemed to Have Abandoned Employment After Failing to Respond to Employer

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Image: istock/Imilian “You have the right to remain silent.” Those seven words are a fundamental principle of the Canadian criminal jus...
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Saturday 22 March 2014

HRTO: Frustration is not Discrimination

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Can an employer in Ontario legally fire someone who gets injured at work and then, as a result, becomes unable to work? According to a ca...
Saturday 18 January 2014

Can My Employer Reject My Doctor's Note?

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(c) istock/BrianAJackson Can your employer, a long-term disability insurer, or the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”)...
Sunday 11 November 2012

Claims to the WSIB for Mental Stress and Workplace Harassment

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Can an Ontario worker make a claim to the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) for benefits when the cause of injury is me...
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Wednesday 31 October 2012

Chronic Absenteeism: Employer Rights and Obligations

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(c) istock/Olivier Le Moal This blog has previously considered the issue of the rights of chronically absent employees . However, there ...
Tuesday 30 October 2012

Chronic Absenteeism: Employee Rights

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(c) istock/Highwaystarz-Photography Every year Forbes magazine releases a list of the most ridiculous excuses for calling in sick. Other...
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Saturday 21 April 2012

Employer Cannot Dismiss CLC Employees Absent Due to Workplace Injury

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(c) istock/davidmariuz In an earlier post , I commented on the effect of O.Reg 288/01 on the doctrine of "frustration" with r...