Reopening Ontario For Business: Guiding Principles Announced

On April 27, 2020, the Government of Ontario (Government) unveiled its frameworkof "guiding principles" for a gradual, staged approach to loosening its emergency COVID-19 measures and reopening Ontario's economy. The framework does not include specific timelines by which any steps will be taken. Rather, timing will be driven by public health advice based on a range of observable criteria, including the rate of virus spread and containment, health system capacity, public health system capacity and incidence tracking capacity. As part of the gradual approach to reopening the economy, the Government has made clear that workplace safety will be a top priority.

WHAT IT MEANS FOR ONTARIO WORKPLACES