Workplace Recap

Key announcements from the Federal, Ontario, Alberta and BC governments that touch on workplace legislation from June 18 to July 1, 2021.

Key announcements from the Ontario, Alberta and BC governments that touch on workplace legislation from June 11 to June 17, 2021.

Key announcements from the Federal, Ontario, Alberta and BC governments that touch on workplace legislation from June 4 to June 10, 2021.

Key announcements from the Federal, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and BC governments that touch on workplace issues from May 28 to June 3, 2021.

Key announcements from the Ontario, Alberta and BC governments that touch on workplace issues from May 21 to May 27, 2021.

Key announcements from the Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta governments that touch on workplace issues from May 14 to May 20, 2021.

Key announcements from the Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, and BC governments that touch on workplace issues from May 7 to May 13, 2021.

Key announcements from the Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC governments that touch on workplace issues from April 30 to May 6, 2021.

Key announcements from the Ontario, Alberta, and BC governments that touch on workplace issues from April 23 to April 29, 2021.

covid-19 mask preference human rights tribunal

BC Human Right's Tribunal decisions arising from the pandemic are starting to appear, and the HRT has sent a clear message to people asserting homespun legal reasons for not wearing a mask.

Robert Smithson, whose employment law articles are some of the best and no-nonsense we’ve seen on the subject of COVID-19, explains below one of the first Tribunal decisions dismissing an anti-mask claim.