Employment Law Show: Ontario – S10 E131

Episode Summary

What are you owed if terminated due to taking parental leave? Employment Lawyer Mackenzie Irwin, an associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, answers this question and more on the Employment Law Show. 

LISTEN BELOW to Ontario’s premiere radio show about employment law and workplace rights featuring the province’s leading employment lawyers. You can hear the show live on Mondays to Thursdays at 640 Toronto and 980 CFPL in London at 6:30 p.m. ET, as the hosts take calls from listeners and provide vital answers to employees and employers. 

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Show Notes

• Termination after giving parental leave notice: Employers cannot penalize or terminate employees as a result of maternity or parental leave. It is considered a human rights violation and is not permissible. Employees that have been terminated as a result of parental leave are not only owed severance pay but probably additional damages.
• Refused overtime compensation by an employer: Employees that have worked over 44 hours of work during the week are owed overtime pay by their employers even if they were not initially approved to work overtime.
• Fired for taking a medical leave of absence: Once on a medical leave of absence, employees are on job-protected leave. Employees must be reinstated by their employer. Employers also have an obligation to accommodate all necessary medical restrictions needed by returning employees.

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