COVID-19: HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES. NO DIFFERENT TREATMENT. ABILITY TO REFUSE WORK.
Employees in Ontario are protected by Ontario's Human Rights Code (the "Code") in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, those protections include: – it is discriminatory to treat employees who have, or are perceived to have, contracted COVID-19, in a negative manner, for reasons unrelated to public health and safety; – employers have a duty to accommodate employees […]