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ARTICLE · 21 SEPTEMBER 2020

COVID-19: Cross Country Update (September 11 – 17)

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The Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act provides for income support payments to workers who cease working for reasons related to COVID-19.

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The Government of Canada announced the following measures:

Extension to CERB

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act provides for income support payments to workers who cease working for reasons related to COVID-19. The total number of weeks for which an income support payment may be paid to a worker under the Act has been increased from 24 to 28 weeks.

Leave Related to COVID-19 Extended for Federal Private Sector

The COVID-19 Emergency Response Act amended the Canada Labour Code (Code) to create a temporary new leave to allow employees in the federally regulated private sector to take unpaid job-protected leave if they are unable or unavailable to work for reasons related to COVID-19. The Code sets the maximum length of leave at 16 weeks, or another number of weeks prescribed by regulation. Initially, regulations set the leave at a maximum of 24 weeks. The regulations have now been revised to set the maximum leave at 28 weeks. This change was

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