Ontario’s employment standards changes eliminate the right for employers to request doctor’s notes, but it remains to be seen how this will affect accommodation efforts
The tabling this year of The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148) by the Ontario legislature has been the talk of the town during the summer months for employers of all sizes and industries in Ontario. With the sweeping changes proposed in the legislation, which is an attempt to modernize Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Labour Relations Act, 1995, and the accelerated pace to pass the legislation, all provincially regulated employers will be impacted in some manner — and depending on the nature of their business, some more than others.
