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Ontario seeks to give remote workers mass layoff protections

The changes would give remote workers the same eight-week minimum notice of termination or pay-in-lieu as other employees

Published Mar 13, 2023 at 5:51pm

The Canadian Press
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Ontario seeks to give remote workers mass layoff protections
Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton takes to the podium during a news conference in Toronto on April 28, 2021. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

Ontario is proposing to strengthen rules around mass layoffs to include greater protections for employees who work remotely.

Labour Minister Monte McNaughton made the announcement Monday in Kitchener, Ont., home to a lot of the province’s tech jobs, a sector that has seen a number of mass layoffs.

McNaughton announced that the province is proposing to update employment laws to ensure employees who work solely from home are eligible for the same enhanced notice as “in-office” and other employees in mass termination situations.

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