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Canada: Ontario Government Introduces Significant Changes to Key Workplace Legislation

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On May 28, 2025, the Ontario Government introduced the Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30). If passed, Bill 30 will amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and...more

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Ontario, Canada: Availability of Deemed IDEL Ended on July 30, 2022 But Unpaid and Paid IDEL Still Available to Eligible Employees

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Deemed IDEL No Longer Available - In May of 2020, Ontario filed O. Reg. 228/20, which provided that a non-unionized employee who did not perform their job duties during the “COVID-19 period” because their work hours were...more

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Ontario Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Employers Waiting for Determination on Interpretation of COVID-19 Leave Provisions

Employers in Ontario have been waiting for clarification on the interpretation of COVID-19 leave provisions throughout much of the pandemic. Employers had hoped that the Court of Appeal’s decision in Taylor v Hanley...more

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Ontario Again Extends Temporary Relief from the ESA’s Termination and Severance Provisions

As we previously highlighted, on May 29, 2020, the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL Regulation), under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The IDEL...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Decides Employees Laid Off During COVID-19 May Not Claim Constructive Dismissal at Common Law

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Just six weeks after holding in Coutinho v. Ocular Health Centre Ltd. that Ontario Regulation 228/20 (IDEL Regulation) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) did not remove an employee’s common law right to claim...more

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Ontario Court Protects Right of Employers to Put Employees on COVID-19 Leave Without Triggering Dismissal

In order to address the economic impact of COVID-19 on Ontario’s businesses, in June 2020 the Ontario government created a special leave called “infectious disease emergency leave” (IDEL) through Ontario Regulation 228/20 (O....more

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Ontario Extends Temporary Relief from the ESA’s Termination and Severance Provisions

On May 29, 2020, the Province of Ontario enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (the “IDEL Regulation”), under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). The IDEL Regulation retroactively...more

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Ontario, Canada Court Decides Employee Laid Off During COVID-19 May Claim Constructive Dismissal at Common Law

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Last May, the government of Ontario filed Ontario Regulation 228/20 (IDEL Regulation) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA).  The Regulation provides that an employee in a non-unionized workplace who, any time during...more

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14 Key Developments in Canadian Labour & Employment Law in 2020

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As we entered a new decade in 2020, Canada saw significant developments in labour and employment law, some of which related to COVID-19.  This Insight provides an overview of 14 key 2020 developments, with links to more...more

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Ontario Extends Deemed Infectious Disease Emergency Leave to July 2021

On December 17, 2020, the Government of Ontario announced that the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave regulation will be extended to July 3, 2021. The regulation was previously set to expire on January 2, 2021. ...more

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Ontario Government Extends COVID-19 Period Until July 3, 2021

The Ontario government recently enacted Ontario Regulation 228/20, which created an “infectious disease emergency leave” for employees who are off work due to COVID-19. As a result of a very recent regulation, Ontario...more

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Ontario Government Extends Protections for Temporary Layoffs to January 2, 2021

On September 3, 2020, Ontario’s government announced that it would extend layoff protections, preventing temporary layoffs due to COVID-19 from automatically becoming terminations of employment. In normal circumstances,...more

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COVID-19: Government of Ontario Ends State of Emergency, Terminating Deemed Emergency Leaves

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As discussed in our previous newsletter, the Ontario Government passed the O. Reg 228/20 - Emergency Leave: Declared Emergencies and Infectious Disease Emergencies on March 19, 2020. This Regulation altered how layoffs and...more

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Bill 195 and the End of COVID-19 Declared Emergency Leave in Ontario, Canada: What it Means for Temporary Layoffs and Deemed Leave

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On July 24, 2020, Ontario’s new Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, became law. In accordance with Bill 195, Ontario’s Emergency Declaration has ended (subject to the provincial...more

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Le gouvernement de l’Ontario instaure un congé réputé, lié à la COVID-19

Le 29 mai 2020, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a adopté le Règlement de l’Ontario 228/20 (le « Règlement »), qui élargit la portée du congé spécial en raison d’une maladie infectieuse prévu aux termes de la Loi de 2000 sur les...more

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Government of Ontario, Canada Issues New Regulation Favourable to Employers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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On May 29, 2020, the government of Ontario filed Ontario Regulation 228/20 (Regulation) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA).  The Regulation amends layoff and constructive dismissal rules exclusively under the ESA,...more

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Ontario Introduces Deemed Leave of Absence in Connection with COVID-19

On May 29, 2020, the Government of Ontario enacted O. Reg 228/20, which expanded the scope of the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The key elements of the regulation are...more

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COVID-19: Government of Ontario's New Regulation Addresses Layoffs and Constructive Dismissals under the Employment Standards Act,...

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Over these past few weeks, there has been a great deal of concern related to the layoff provisions of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA"). As discussed in our previous newsletter, employers have the ability under the...more

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Ontario Government Passes New Regulation on COVID-19 Layoffs

According to Statistics Canada, two in five employers in Canada have reduced hours or laid off one or more employees since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. One of the risks associated with those difficult decisions is a...more

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Employer's Guide to COVID-19—Managing Issues of Pay

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The Alberta Government has clarified that employees will be entitled to a 14-day leave that is unpaid if they are quarantined due to COVID-19. This retreats from a prior press release from Premier Jason Kenney on March 13,...more

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Termination of Employment in Ontario

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The cost of terminating the employment of an employee in Ontario depends upon a mixture of contract provisions, common law and statute. The rules under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 about the termination of employment...more

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