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COMPLYING WITH THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT: HOURS OF WORK, LEAVES OF ABSENCE, PERMITS AND MORE
Benefits Of This Program:
  • What to do during Ministry investigation
  • Tough penalties that can be imposed
  • How to make the most of changes to the Act with regards to hours of work and overtime
  • The new need for written agreements
  • New rules for holidays and vacations, pregnancy and parental leave, terminations, layoffs, and closures
  • How to administer emergency leave, how it fits with existing policies, and how to detect and deter abuse

Agenda

Introduction to the Employment Standards Act

  • How the government has positioned the Act
  • What is a reprisal
  • Anti-reprisal restriction and who it protects
  • Ministry of Labour’s power to reinstate and when
  • Tougher penalties
  • What to do when the MOL investigates you

Hours of Work and Overtime

  • 60-hour workweek: does it actually exist and h ow does it work
  • Demise of the permit system and rise of written agreements: how it affects your workplace
  • Do the new rules lead to more flexible scheduling
  • Longer hours: is employee consent necessary
  • How to make the most of the changes
  • Why all employers need to know the new rules

Holidays and Vacations

  • Who qualifies for public holidays
  • Formula for calculating vacation pay
  • Working on public holidays
  • Vacation scheduling: does the employer still decide
  • When can employees take vacation one day at a time
  • Vacation pay: when is it paid and how is it calculated
  • Can employees forego their vacation

Pregnancy and Parental Leave

  • One-year leave provision
  • How changes to Employment Insurance affect your workplace
  • The employee’s right to reinstatement: is it absolute
  • Employer’s rights

Emergency Leave

  • Emergency leave and who is entitled to it
  • Defining an “emergency”
  • Employee’s responsibilities
  • How to detect and deter abuse
  • Harmonizing emergency leave with existing policies
  • Impact on attendance policies and other workplace practices

Terminations, Layoffs, and Closures

  • Notice of termination and severance pay: when to pay and how much
  • When does a reduction in hours become a layoff
  • When does a temporary layoff become permanent
  • Can you lay off salaried employees
  • How recall rights affect termination and severance pay
  • How to time closures to reduce costs

The Union Challenge

  • What unions tell employees about the Act
  • How unions use the Act to assist them in organizing campaigns
  • How to use the Act as an opportunity to reduce your vulnerability to unionization

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For further information on our training, please call your lawyer at the Firm. If you are not a current client, please contact:

Program Administrator
Tel: 416-862-1616 or 1-866-821-7306
[email protected]

contact
Phone: +1 416-875-2235
Fax: 416-363-7358
contact
Phone: +1 416-875-2235
Fax: 416-363-7358
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Ryan J. Conlin
Ryan J. Conlin

Partner

Haadi Malik
Haadi Malik

Associate

Jeffrey D. A. Murray
Jeffrey D. A. Murray

Partner

Jeremy D. Schwartz
Jeremy D. Schwartz

Partner

Allison L. Taylor
Allison L. Taylor

Counsel

Landon P. Young
Landon P. Young

Managing Partner