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Ontario's new requirement for companies to have right-to-disconnect policies might help some employees, but others might not see or hear much of a difference.

Various items from the Cornwall police services boards June 9, 2022, meeting.

If you're tired of answering emails or phone calls after you've clocked out for the day, well, Ontario, there might be some good news for you. As of Thursday, June 2, Ontario's right to disconnect policy officially came into effect, which means businesses with 25 workers or more had to have a written policy in place for disconnecting from work after the day is done.

Ontario’s ‘right to disconnect’ law came into effect on June 2, requiring companies to develop policies that allow employees to disconnect outside of regular working hours, but what does the law mean in practice?

Companies with 25 or more employees in Ontario must now have written policies on disconnecting from work thanks to a law that came into effect on June 2. Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton told CTV News the law was created in response to the increasingly blurred lines between work and home.

Remote work has completely changed the way we work and communicate, it's given new thought to how teams and companies can remain in contact without having to be physically present...

EOD could actually mean end of day for employees in Ontario thanks its right to disconnect law that officially kicked in at the start of June.

Workers in Ontario now have the right to ignore emails, messages and calls outside business hours after the provinces new right to disconnect law came into effect on June 2. Ontario labour minister Monte McNaughton told CTV News the law was created in response to the increasingly blurred lines between work and home.

TORONTO - Ontarios right to disconnect policy comes into effect today. Heres what you need to know...

In M & P Drug Mart Inc. v. Norton, 2022 ONCA 398, the Court of Appeal for Ontario (OCA) dismissed an employer’s appeal of an application judge’s decision that a non-competition clause in an employment agreement governed by the common law was unenforceable because it was ambiguous and overbroad. BackgroundIn September 2020, the employee, a pharmacist (Employee), resigned from