Ontario, Canada Court Decides Employees Laid Off During COVID-19 May Not Claim Constructive Dismissal at Common Law
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/06/21
Just six weeks after holding in Coutinho v. Ocular Health Centre Ltd. that Ontario Regulation 228/20 (IDEL Regulation) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) did not remove an employee’s common law right to claim constructive dismissal arising from a layoff during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (SCJ) came to the opposite conclusion....
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