The Parameters of The Employment Standards Act

You answer your cellphone and the person on the other end has some shocking and scary news. The person on the other end is from your airline and informs you that the plane you just took had a passenger who may have been infected with Ebola. They suggest a voluntary quarantine at home. Is this a situation that your employer will be okay with?

Whether your employer allows you to stay at home as part of a voluntary quarantine may be governed by Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”). A...