Below are the key government announcements made on March 27,
2020 that touch on workplace issues. These changes will undoubtedly
affect many of your businesses.
Our daily and weekend overviews of previous government
announcements, employment analyses and other COVID-19 information
are available
here.
The Federal Government
Prime Minister Trudeau announced additional new measures to help
small and medium-sized businesses to keep employees on the payroll
and to access credit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those measures include:
- a 75% wage subsidy for qualifying
small and medium-sized businesses impacted by COVID-19. This is a
significant increase from the previously announced 10% wage
subsidy. This wage subsidy will be provided for up to 3 months,
retroactive to March 15, 2020. Details on eligibility criteria will
be provided before the end of the month. It is not yet clear
whether there will be a cap on this new subsidy for each
employer;
