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Last week we issued an update in which we discussed what this year's back-to-school season may have in store for employers.

On March 17, 2022, Canada announced that, effective April 1, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced the initial details of the 75% employer wage subsidy announced last week.

The Ontario Government has empowered municipal by-law officers and other persons designated in writing to enforce Orders made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act...

On April 27, 2020, the Government of Ontario unveiled its framework of "guiding principles" for a gradual, staged approach to loosening its emergency COVID-19 measures and reopening Ontario's economy.

Unprecedented. Have you heard that word a lot in the past 4-5 months? Not surprisingly, the word ‘unprecedented' is the default word to describe society's reaction to COVID-19...

On January 23, 2022, the Québec Government published Ministerial Order 2022-007 (the "Order") regarding the introduction of the vaccine passport in certain additional businesses, as announced last week.

Over the past few weeks, terms like "social distancing" and "self-isolation" have found their way into the common vernacular and will no doubt end up being the Merriam Webster words of the year.

The significant impact of COVID-19 has been felt globally and as the situation evolves Canadian and global business leaders must be prepared to deal with a range of scenarios.

The federal government has announced temporary changes to the Canada Summer Jobs program in an effort to encourage youth employment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On July 30, 2021, the federal government proposed a variety of extensions to existing COVID-19 support programs for businesses and workers. The proposed changes are summarized below.

On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home's mandatory vaccination policy...

On June 8, 2022, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health announced that provincial mask-wearing requirements for most public settings will expire effective 12:00 AM on...

On March 23, 2023, the Ontario government tabled its 2023 Ontario Budget: Building a Strong Ontario.

For the most part, all provinces within Canada follow a similar procedure relating to an employee's right to refuse unsafe work. The below list is a number of common steps required, country-wide:

In what is becoming a familiar refrain, the Ontario government has once again extended the time for Wills and Powers of Attorney...

In my blog distributed to you on April 7, 2020, I told readers to stay tuned as hundreds of years of strict formalities might soon change due to Covid-19.