Anita Balakrishnan
People make their way through downtown as COVID-19 restrictions continue, Thursday, January 21, 2021 in Montreal. Hosting a pizza party with co-workers, showing up to work with stomach bug symptoms, and going to work while awaiting a COVID-19 test result: These are just a few of the workplace dramas that have ended up before the courts as COVID-19 changes how bosses discipline employees. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
January 26, 2021 - 11:08 AM
One year ago, hosting a pizza party with co-workers or showing up to work with stomach bug symptoms were unthinkable in terms of fireable offences.
But legal suits based on such incidents are now before the courts as COVID-19 upends the way managers enforce health mandates and discipline employees.