“Your employer can only let you go and pay no compensation if they have cause to do so,” said employment lawyer Andrew Monkhouse, of Monkhouse Law. Jon Pinkus, employment lawyer and partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, said that it’s important in a public health emergency that workers stay safe. then they’re still going to have rights under the Employment Standards Act,” Pinkus said. Workers off for more than five days would need to secure a record of employment to apply for EI. Because while there was a one-week waiting period, currently, it takes some period of time to get EI,” Monkhouse said.

Source: thestar March 09, 2020 20:50 UTC