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Whether the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak presents a material risk to your business operations or not, there are steps all public companies...

In two recent awards, Ontario arbitrators held it was reasonable for employers to insist on employees getting at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, even in the context of the Omicron variant.

There are no existing therapies or vaccines to effectively treat or prevent COVID-19, a previously unknown disease that has never been identified in humans until now.

As people around the globe unite to help stop the spread of COVID-19, Ontarians are doing their part by staying home, practicing physical distancing, and limiting travel for essential reasons.

Ontario is committing 58 additional workplace inspectors to the effort, who will focus primarily on communicating best practices to employers.

In the digital age, privacy is becoming a greater illusion. The COVID-19 outbreak is rapidly reinforcing that illusion of privacy.

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic volatility and uncertainty it has created, has heightened the attention placed on consumer protection...

On April 15, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) published an updated Notice to the Parties and the Profession (FCA Update).

La pandémie de la COVID-19 a généré des incertitudes sans précédent sur les plans social et économique. Les secteurs de l'hôtellerie et des loisirs font partie des secteurs

Canadian provinces are currently in the early stages of distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. As a result, many employers are wondering whether they can or need to mandate vaccination...

In a recent unreported labour arbitration award, Caressant Care Nursing & Retirement Homes and Christian Labour Association of Canada, Arbitrator Dana Randall confirmed that...

As more businesses and public spaces open and people expand their social contact, many Ontario cities are making masks or face coverings mandatory in public spaces to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19.

Nova Scotia recently became the eighth province to onboard the federal government's COVID-19 exposure notification application, joining Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador,

On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, the Government of Alberta announced several mandatory restrictions that will be implemented province-wide in response to Alberta's COVID-19 infection rates.

Canadian employers should be aware that Employment and Social Development Canada ("ESDC") issued new guidance on coding of Records of Employment ("ROE")...

This pandemic has brought the surge of another life or death danger: women and children who are forced to self-isolate with their abusive partners.

"The Code does not protect people who refuse to wear a mask as a matter of personal preference, because they believe wearing a mask is "pointless"...