Employment Lawyer Alex Lucifero answers questions about Employee Rights When Businesses Reopen during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada.

Can my employer discipline or fire me if I don't feel safe returning to work when the business reopens? Can my employer recall me from work and put me in a different job, or give me different responsibilities? Can my employer recall younger employees before older employees, in an effort to protect the latter from COVID-19?

Lucifero, an Ottawa employment lawyer and partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined Annette Goerner on CTV Ottawa Morning Live, where he answered those questions and more.

❓(0:27) Can my employer discipline or fire me if I don't feel safe returning to work when the business reopens?

❓(1:31) Do I have to return to work if I still need to care for children?

❓(2:09) Can my employer recall me from work and put me in a different job, or give me different responsibilities?

❓(3:15) Can my employer recall younger employees before older employees, in an effort to protect the latter from COVID-19?

❓(4:20) How far do businesses have to go to protect their employees during the new coronavirus "normal"?

❓(6:02) Does my employer have the right to take my temperature or force me to wear a mask?

Learn more about your employment rights during the coronavirus pandemic here: http://bit.ly/COVID-Employment-Rights

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