Employer experienced downturn in business, laid off many other employees
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An Ontario worker’s permanent layoff was because of his employer’s business struggles during the pandemic and was not a reprisal for the worker’s complaint for unpaid vacation pay, the Canadian Industrial Relations Board has ruled.