OBA Labour & Employment Law PROGRAM | Original Program Date: January 28, 2021

Ontario businesses are struggling to keep up to date on their health and safety obligations related to the pandemic, as well as determining how to respond appropriately to their employees’ requests for accommodation and other generalized concerns about Covid-19. 

The arrival of a vaccine for Covid-19 has raised further questions for employers as to what they should and should not do once it becomes generally available to the public. This program will provide guidance on the following topics:

• Can employers require employees and other workplace participants to be vaccinated?
• Suggestions on vaccination policies and protocols
• Differential treatment based on vaccination status
• Mandatory reporting of vaccination status
• Priority sectors

…and more

Hear from our expert panels of leading lawyers in the fields of employment and human rights on what health and safety precautions employers should be taking, when the duty to accommodate arises in the context of Covid-19, and how to balance health and safety considerations with an employee’s right to privacy, charter rights or human rights as well as identifying potential liabilities for employers.

PROGRAM CHAIR

Priya Sarin, Sherrard Kuzz LLP

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Daniel Chodos, Whitten & Lublin PC
Katherine Ford, Sherrard Kuzz LLP
Tatha Swann, Levitt Sheikh Chaudhri Swann LLP