Although there has been a flurry of legislation passed since
this all began a month ago (stay tuned for our "Month in
Review" Blog), with the filing of a number of new regulations
in the last couple of days we wanted to highlight some of the most
relevant and newest regulations directly affecting labour relations
and employment in Ontario.
The government has passed a number of regulations allowing
designated entities to take staffing and deployment measures that
are reasonably necessary to respond to, prevent and alleviate the
COVID-19 outbreak. For example, these regulations provide the
ability to fill any staff positions with individuals who, in the
entities reasonable opinion, has the adequate skills, training and
knowledge to perform the duties required of that position without
regard for certain staffing requirements set out in any existing
statutes, regulations, orders, policies, arrangements or
agreements, including collective agreements. These
