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Ontario worker, fired for taking sick leave after contracting COVID, awarded $23,000 by OLRB

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APGN Consulting violated Ontario’s Employment Standards Act (ESA) by terminating an employee partly because of absences related to COVID-19, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) ruled. R.R., who ...

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