Menu
Call Us Today
416-616-5628
The Power Workers Union Covid-19 Vaccine Policy
Monthly Archives

December 2021

The Power Workers Union Covid-19 Vaccine Policy | De Bousquet PC, Barristers and Solicitors

The Power Workers Union Covid-19 Vaccine Policy

By Employment Law

Mandatory Vaccination Policies Must Be Reasonable The Power Worker’s Union (“PWU”) has won a victory for unions seeking to challenge employers’ mandatory vaccination policies. On November 11, 2021 Arbitrator Stout found that aspects of the Electrical Safety Authority’s (“ESA”) mandatory covid-19 vaccination policy to be unreasonable in the circumstances. This decision comes only two days after Arbitrator von Veh upheld a similar vaccination policy in United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Canada Local 333 v. Paragon Protection Ltd. (Paragon) that had been implemented at Paragon Protection Ltd. There are key findings in Arbitrator Stout’s decision that will inform future attempts…

Read More
What You Need to Know about Ontario’s New Labour and Employment Laws | De Bousquet PC, Barristers and Solicitors

What You Need to Know about Ontario’s New Labour and Employment Laws

By Employment Law

Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, has passed in the Ontario Legislature. The Act will reform several statutes of Ontario, including the Employment Standards Act (ESA). Most importantly, the Ontario Government has changed the rules surrounding work-related communications after working hours, and a new ban on most non-compete agreements. Disconnecting From Work The last 2 years have seen a huge increase in the number of workers working from home. To curb the encroachment of work on people’s lives, Ontario has also passed a new provision that requires employers to write and implement policies on “disconnecting from work”. Disconnecting from…

Read More
Ontario Superior Court Issues First Interim Injunction of its Kind Against UHN Vaccine Mandate | De Bousquet PC, Barristers and Solicitors

Ontario Superior Court Issues First Interim Injunction of its Kind Against UHN Vaccine Mandate

By Employment Law

Update: On the afternoon of Friday, October 29, Justice Dunphy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice lifted the temporary injunction that had paused the termination of a group of unvaccinated employees at UHN. Justice Dunphy held that the Court did not have the jurisdiction to grant the relief sought by the claimants. In his decision, he held that the unions alone had the authority to bring a claim of this nature and that the dispute should be heard through the labour relations system. Though this update answers some questions about the jurisdiction of the Court where unions are involved,…

Read More
Scroll To Top