Employers can ask for reasonable evidence from employees to show they are unwell, such as asking for a medical certificate ...

Cars may be a modern phenomenon, but motion sickness is not. More than 2,000 years ago, the physician Hippocrates wrote, “sailing on the sea proves that motion disorders the body”. In fact ...

Legal rights for addressing excessive sick days Sick leave is an inevitability when you’re running a business. The idea that you can stop your workforce from getting sick is just wishful thinking. If ...

Employers should only exclude from the workplace employees who have travelled to affected areas and who display symptoms or have otherwise been exposed to others who have been infected. During the ...

Have you ever felt you’re having a difficult time going to work due to your mental health? In any given week, at least 500,000 Canadian employees call in sick due to mental illness.

The bad employers are basically looking at it like you’ve got the common cold. ‘Take a couple of days off and get back to work.’” When workers need time off due to mental illness, the law requires ...

If you think mental illness in the workplace is simply a health issue, think again. According to mental health and legal experts, employers are faced with huge financial costs and the legal ...

Cars may be a modern phenomenon, but motion sickness is not. More than 2,000 years ago, the physician Hippocrates wrote, “sailing on the sea proves that motion disorders the body”. In fact, the word ...