A Guide for Employers during COVID-19
This Guide sets out the key employment law issues to consider, as well as the government’s financial relief options to explore to get through this deep economic crisis. (Last Updated June 3, 2020).
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Should you need legal advice on how to manage your workplace during the COVID-19 outbreak, please get in touch.
Ontario’s new long‑term illness leave gives employees up to 27 weeks of job‑protected time off. But compliance with the ESA is only part of the story. Employers must also meet human rights accommodation obligations or risk exposure when managing extended illness‑related absences.
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