Is your employment on the record?
Everybody’s job should be once it ends, with the proof coming in the form of a Record of Employment (ROE) — a document employers are required to complete whenever a worker’s earnings are interrupted, whether through termination, temporary layoff, or other reasons. The ROE is supposed to show a worker’s recent earnings and the reason for dismissal, and it’s mainly used to determine if the worker is entitled to employment insurance (EI) benefits.
With the coming of the pandemic and the need for many employers to temporarily lay off workers for uncertain periods of time — plus new legislation temporarily changing the rules for layoffs — the issuing of ROEs may be a little more complex than usual. The rollout of vaccines and many employers adopting vaccination mandates for their employees had added the question of how to handle ROEs for employees who can’t work because of a refusal to get the vaccine.
A few months ago, the federal government issued guidelines on how employers should fill out ROEs issued for pandemic-related reasons, including what codes to use. The government further clarified things recently for situations such as lockdowns, the employee quarantining, the employee refusing to come to work, or the employee refusing to comply with a vaccination policy.
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