Leading a workplace during a global pandemic is difficult enough. Toss in the challenges of managing performance and productivity remotely, COVID fatigue, and a tsunami of misinformation circulating through social media, and it’s easy to throw your hands in the air. But don’t. Instead, join us as we discuss the following topics:
1. Privacy, Productivity and Work-from-Home
- Can an employer use surveillance or other monitoring to manage remote work and related productivity?
- Key components and considerations for a remote work policy.
- Can an employer discipline an employee for low productivity or non-compliance with an employer policy, when the employee works from home?
2. Refusal to Wear Personal Protective Equipment
- An employee refuses to wear PPE:
- Can an employer require medical documentation to support the employee’s refusal?
- If the reason is medical, must the employee be allowed to work in the workplace without the PPE?
3. Freedom of Expression and COVID-19
- Can an employee be disciplined or terminated for:
- Engaging in behaviour outside of work that increases the risk they may contract COVID-19?
- Expressing “unpopular” or “dangerous” views about COVID-19 outside or inside of work (e.g., about masks or vaccination)?