'There's going to need to be different approaches, depending on your categories of employees'
Recently, Ontario passed a law that will give employees the right to disconnect — but what exactly does this all mean for employers?
Canadian HR Reporter spoke with Lisa Cabel, national leader employment labour law at KPMG Law in Toronto, about what organizations should be aware of to comply with the Working for Workers Act, 2021, which goes into effect on Jan. 1.
A: “The bill is requiring employers to have a written policy regarding disconnecting from work, and when we talk about disconnecting from work, it means that we’re defining it as not engaging in work-related communications, either after certain hours or within certain times of the day. We’re not quite sure yet what that policy will look like because we’re still waiting for the regulations that are going to specify what’s required in the policy.
“In terms of which companies are required to have the policy, it’s where you have more than 25 employees. That’s important to note that there’s a threshold so not every employer in Ontario.
“We would assume that it’s full-time, part-time, casual employees but we don’t have guidance on that either at this point.
“The deadlines for having the policy in place is June 2, 2022, so we have a bit of a window right now. During that time, we’re expecting further guidance on the regulations and what’s going into the policy, and then by that June 2 date,...
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