On April 6, 2020, the Government of Alberta announced the following temporary changes to Alberta's Employment Standards Code to help employers navigate the unprecedented circumstances associated with ...

On May 4, 2020, the Government of British Columbia announced an extension of the temporary layoff period to assist employers during the unprecedented financial circumstances associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ontario government has updated its regulations under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") to further extend Ontario's "COVID-19" period to July 3, 2021.

In 2020, employers were faced with unprecedented legal challenges brought on by the pandemic.

On May 4, 2020 the BC government announced that it has amended the BC Employment Standards Act to extend the maximum allowable period for a temporary layoff.

These are challenging times for employers and employees everywhere. The economic and health implications of the COVID-19 pandemic are affecting multiple aspects of working life.

On April 6, 2020, in response to the pandemic, Alberta's Minister of Labour and Immigration signed a Ministerial Order (MO 2020-18) that extended the maximum length of a temporary layoff period to 120 consecutive days.

The government of Ontario has passed a regulation under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") extending the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave ("IDEL").

B.C.'s new pay legislation and recent workplace trends, including mass layoffs and workforce reorganizations, are creating potential risks that employers are best to proactively address...

The Regulation applies throughout the COVID-19 period, which is from March 1, 2020 until the date that is six weeks after the day that the emergency is declared terminated.

Further to our recent article regarding the lifting of the state of emergency in Ontario, on September 4, 2020, the clock was expected to start ticking again on regular temporary layoff timeframes...

In times of economic downturn, employers often ask about ways to reduce common law severance obligations to employees.

Many employers in BC are now in a period of stable instability: employees have been temporarily laid off and employers are watching and waiting to see when restrictions will be lifted.

Here are some situations when you can benefit from consulting an employment lawyer.

Whether an employee has been issued a temporary layoff notice, is unable to return to work due to childcare being unavailable, or whether an employee simply refuses to come back to work in the office...

Effective January 3, 2021, employees will no longer be deemed to be on the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave and the ESA's regular rules regarding constructive dismissal and temporary layoff will resume.

The portal for accessing the CERB is expected to launch on April 6, 2020. Applicants will be able to apply for the benefit retroactively to March 15,

Gary Clarke and Kris Noonan, partners in our Employment & Labour group, recently discussed the implications of workplace reopening at a webinar event in Calgary.

The province-wide state of emergency declared in Manitoba under The Emergency Measures Act expires on October 21, 2021.

The Ontario Government has extended the maximum period of COVID-related temporary layoffs until January 1, 2022.