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Ontario employers, cover up! Mandatory face-covering orders now in effect in Toronto, Ottawa, and beyond

August 21, 2020

While Stage 3 allows many businesses in Ontario to reopen and to welcome returning employees back to the physical workplace, employers and service providers—as operators of enclosed public spaces and establishments—must meet certain recently announced conditions. As of July 7, 2020, at 12:01 a.m., these conditions now include the mandatory covering of the mouth, nose and chin for members of the public and employees in indoor public spaces in Ontario’s two largest municipalities, Toronto and…

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Management and foreign languages: Communication with the works council

By Frank Weberndörfer

August 19, 2020

Managers of international companies are often confronted with the problem of having to communicate with their employees and the works council in a foreign language that they do not fully master. This can easily lead to conflicts. In a recent decision in June, the Nuremberg Regional Labor Court (ref. 1 TaBV 33/19) has now clarified the scope. The works council of a German branch of a Spanish clothing company demanded that communication with the branch manager, who at…

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How to address employment issues involving a whistleblower

By David Cross & Norah Chafardet

August 17, 2020

Under the whistleblowing regime in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (CA), it is unlawful for someone to cause or threaten to cause detriment to, or victimise, a person because they believe or suspect that the person has made, may have made, or could make a whistleblowing disclosure (Whistleblower). Very substantial civil and criminal sanctions apply for both the individual engaging in detrimental conduct and the corporation that employs the Whistleblower and the antagonist.…

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Pandemic check: face covering requirements for federally regulated employers in Canada

By Natasha Hyppolite

August 17, 2020

In certain provinces, masks and face coverings have now or will soon become mandatory in certain indoor establishments accessible to the public, including in, or in parts of, Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. Recently, in Atlantic Canada, Nova Scotia also announced that masks will be required as of July 31 in enclosed public places. In the federal sphere, the Labour Program has not imposed mandatory face covering requirements in establishments operated…

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À savoir sur la pandémie : exigences en matière de couvre-visage pour les employeurs sous réglementation fédérale au Canada

By Natasha Hyppolite

August 17, 2020

Dans certaines provinces, le port d’un masque et d’un couvre-visage est maintenant, ou sera bientôt, obligatoires dans certains établissements intérieurs accessibles au public, notamment en Ontario (en anglais seulement), au Québec, en Alberta et en Colombie-Britannique (en anglais seulement), ou dans certaines parties de ces provinces. Récemment, au Canada atlantique, la Nouvelle-Écosse a également annoncé que le port du masque sera exigé à partir du 31 juillet dans les lieux publics fermés. Du côté du…

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US: Virginia becomes first state to adopt COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

By Kevin Mayer (US) & Jackie Karama (US)

August 12, 2020

On July 27, 2020, the first state “Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS) for COVID-19 went into effect. The ETS requires employers in the state to develop and implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the workplace. The ETS is in effect for six months, although this period could be shortened if the Virginia State of Emergency expires, a permanent standard is enacted or the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board repeals it. Employers covered by the…

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Le privilège relatif au litige : une nouvelle exception au Québec visant les rapports obtenus à la suite de l’examen médical d’un travailleur

By Bourget-Rousseau Antoine & Ione Deda Alves

August 6, 2020

Le 7 mai 2020, le Tribunal administratif du travail (le TAT), dans l’affaire Gendarmerie Royale du Canada et De L’Étoile[1] (l’affaire De L’Étoile), rendait une décision très attendue sur l’application du privilège relatif au litige dans le cas du rapport d’un médecin expert choisi par un employeur afin d’évaluer la condition médicale d’un travailleur dans le cadre d’une contestation d’une lésion professionnelle. Cette décision fait suite à un arrêt de la Cour d’appel rendu…

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Family Care Obligations to Accommodate Employee Needs Amid Pandemic

By Andrew Schafer

August 5, 2020

Covid-19 has made working from home the new normal for many employees. This new reality has created challenges for employees who, due to the closure of schools, daycares and other social services, have had to serve as full-time caregivers in addition to carrying out their everyday work tasks. Under these circumstances, it is important for employers to understand their obligations for accommodating the family care needs of employees. Family status accommodation during Covid-19 The issue…

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Transfer of undertaking to multiple transferees

By Amanda Sanders (UK)

August 4, 2020

In a recent case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has considered what happens to the employment contract of a transferring worker where there is a transfer of an undertaking to multiple transferees. The ECJ held that the contract should be split in proportion to the tasks performed by the worker of the time devoted to those tasks. However, if the division of the contract is impossible or results in a deterioration in the working…

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Talking Turkey – Salvation for Investors from UK Defined Benefit Schemes?

By Lesley Browning

August 3, 2020

The UK Pensions Regulator has offered some comfort to investors and funds which may have been deterred from investing in UK companies with historic defined benefit liabilities. It is unusual, as a matter of English law, for the corporate veil to be capable of being pierced – normally the liability incurred by one group company will not, as a matter of course, taint others in its group. Liability for defined benefit pension liabilities is a…

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Leading commentary and perspectives on employment and labour law

Ontario employers, cover up! Mandatory face-covering orders now in effect in Toronto, Ottawa, and beyond

Management and foreign languages: Communication with the works council

How to address employment issues involving a whistleblower

Pandemic check: face covering requirements for federally regulated employers in Canada

À savoir sur la pandémie : exigences en matière de couvre-visage pour les employeurs sous réglementation fédérale au Canada

US: Virginia becomes first state to adopt COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

Le privilège relatif au litige : une nouvelle exception au Québec visant les rapports obtenus à la suite de l’examen médical d’un travailleur

Family Care Obligations to Accommodate Employee Needs Amid Pandemic

Transfer of undertaking to multiple transferees

Talking Turkey – Salvation for Investors from UK Defined Benefit Schemes?

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