Employment lawyer talks “Quiet Quitting” with CTV News

As employees across the country struggled with burnout, increasing workloads and stress over the past few years, many have decided to “quietly quit”. What does this phenomenon mean for the workplace? How can employees better protect their rights and work-life balance?

An Ottawa employment lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP was recently interviewed by CTV News on the possibilities open to employees and how they can navigate a new workload.

“It’s also important for employers to have clearly defined job descriptions in place,” said the lawyer. “This makes it clear to both the employer and employee what the expectations are for a particular role and they can avoid future confusion about duties and other terms of employment.”

The lawyer went on to explain that employees should be open and honest with their employers and communicate concerns.

“Employees who are refusing these things can not only express their refusal and the corresponding reasons why to their employers, but should do so, in writing, so that they have a record in case the employer takes further action in the future. If an employee works under different conditions, without expressing refusal, they can be deemed to have accepted the changes and the new conditions can form part of their work conditions moving forward.”