Nafisah Chowdhury gave an interview to the Toronto Star

January 26, 2024 | Nafisah Chowdhury | Toronto

Nafisah Chowdhury gave an interview to the Toronto Star:

When Marissa Hughes’s adopted newborn Judah was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in December, she requested to work remotely. Her employer, Kyte Baby, a Texas-based baby clothing company, promptly fired her. […] Could the same thing happen in Canada? No, but there are still inequities in accessing remote work, experts say.
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You can’t just fire someone just for requesting remote work,” Nafisah Chowdhury, an employment lawyer and partner at Miller Thomson LLP, told the Star. Ontario employment law has job protections for expecting and new mothers, who are legally entitled to unpaid maternity leave and can often receive income supports from government programs like employment insurance, Chowdhury explained.

To read the full article: U.S. company fires new mom who asked to work remotely to care for baby in NICU. Why this wouldn’t be legal in Ontario