Mandatory vaccination policies, infectious disease emergency leaves, wage subsidies, Canada emergency response benefits; quarantines, outbreaks – these are just some of the topics that have kept employers busy since the world was overtaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has all led to a dizzying amount of developments in Canadian labour and employment law.
The dockets of judges and arbitrators have been filled with COVID-19 labour and employment related matters. As a result, we are now seeing a steady stream of decisions that are having a profound impact on the relationship between Canadian employers and their employees.
The Dentons COVID-19 case catalogue is intended to provide employers with a snapshot of the labour and employment law cases to date that we believe are particularly important to the Canadian workplace. Whether you are considering what impact, if any, COVID-19 will have on an employee's termination entitlements or whether an employee's breach of your workplace's COVID-19 protocols constitutes just cause for dismissal, we hope this resource will provide you with some helpful guidance.
As we approach the two-year anniversary of the World Health Organization's declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, employers should brace themselves for further case law developments. In particular, several of the cases referenced in the following pages are under appeal and so we should expect more case alerts in the year ahead.
MOORHEAD (KFGO-KVRR) – Two members of the Moorhead City Council have filed formal complaints alleging state campaign laws were violated when a retired Moorhead fire truck was used in public parade...