Disabled Employees Are Entitled To Severance Payments
November 29, 2005 Until recently it has been standard practice in Ontario for employers not to pay Severance Pay when a disabled employee was terminated because his or her disability made it impossible to do the job. In a decision dated May 4, 2005 the Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that employers are now required […]
Employees Entitled To Family Medical Leave
October 13, 2005 Recent amendments to the Canada Labour Code , the Ontario Employment Standards Act and the Employment Insurance Act provide employees with up to eight (8) weeks of leave from their employment and up to six (6) weeks of employment insurance benefits. The leave allows workers to be temporarily absent from work to provide care or support to a […]