Preparing to return to work with no access to childcare

With childcare centers opening across the province of Ontario, parents are being asked to return to work, some potentially without access to daycare.  Ottawa employment lawyer Alex Lucifero at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP discusses parents’ rights moving forward with Leslie Roberts on Ottawa At Work.

What They Discussed

• How should parents prepare in regard to employers asking them to return to work despite having no childcare?
• Have all levels of government stated that if an employee can’t find childcare they are legally allowed to stay home?
• If an employee remains home will they still receive CERB?
• What should an employee do if they have childcare but they live with someone who is immune-compromised and so they fear returning to work?
• A mom who has undergone breast cancer recently and must send her child to daycare and return to work is forced to choose between her health or her job. What should she do?
• Working remotely has functioned well for most companies so far. Moving forward can an employee request to remain working from home post-COVID-19?