Redesigned Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: What Employers Need
to Know
On 27 July 2020 Bill C-20, An Act respecting further
COVID-19 measures, received Royal Assent. Bill C-20
significantly redesigns the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
program, implements a one-time payment of up to $600 to persons
with disabilities, suspends limitation periods in civil litigation,
and empowers Federal Ministers to extend or suspend select
regulatory time limits. While the amendments imposed by Bill C-20
are far-reaching, this particular update focuses on the amendments
to the CEWS program. » Read More
Canada: Ontario's Declared Emergency Ends: Implications for
Employers
Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19)
Act, 2020 ("Bill 195") was proclaimed into force on 24
July 2020; the same day on which the provincial declaration of
emergency established under O. Reg. 50/20 came to an end. Under
Bill 195, the Ontario Government is able to amend, extend,
