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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.

During a press conference on January 27, 2022, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, advised that the legal requirement to work from home except where necessary...

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

On August 24, 2021, the Ontario Government issued Ontario Regulation 577/21 amending the existing Rules for Step 3.

The Omicron wave appears to be receding and there is cautious optimism that the worst of the pandemic is behind us.

As we move towards getting back to a "new normal," we want to be sure we continue to provide our clients and friends with as much useful and reliable information as possible.

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...

On November 10, 2021, Ontario announced that, out of an abundance of caution, it is pausing the lifting of capacity limits in the following higher-risk settings where proof of vaccination is required:

Paid IDEL requires employers to provide employees up to three days' pay if they need to miss work for reasons related to COVID-19.

The Ontario Provincial Government announced on March 16, 2020 details of its proposal to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Ontario) ("ESA")...

Back in the early (and dark) days of the pandemic, we published our April 2020 Bulletin Working From Home Edition. We followed that up with an article in our May 2020 Bulletin...

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that the provincial requirement to provide proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 tests in businesses...

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption in the economies all over the world. Employers who have had to lay off or terminate employees are facing ever-increasing demands for larger settlements from lawyers representing employees.

Toronto Public Health and Peel Public Health announced today that they will issue orders under Section 22

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and sustainability objectives are among the most critical and challenging goals for general counsel heading into 2022.

ESG and Climate Change in the Shadow of COVID-19: "E," "S" & G Are Here to Stay.

Bill 24, the COVID-19 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, was introduced in the Alberta Legislature and passed first reading on June 18, 2020.