Back in May, in response to the enormous economic impact of COVID-19 on both employers and employees alike

The advice from Canadian public health officials is trending in one direction: increasing self-isolation. Not less.

On March 27, 2020, the Manitoba government announced that for the purposes of The Employment Standards Code (Manitoba) (the "Code"), a layoff due to COVID-19 will not constitute...

The Ontario government has amended Regulation 228/20 made under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") to extend the COVID-19 Period for Infectious Disease Emergency Leave from...

With the stated goal of protecting jobs and businesses, the Ontario government has extended the timeline for when temporary lay-offs are deemed permanent job losses.

On December 17, 2020 the Ontario government passed a new Regulation that further extends the timeline for when temporary lay-offs are deemed permanent job losses.

The Federal government has announced a four- week extension to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB).

On May 4, 2020, the government of British Columbia announced an amendment to the temporary layoff period which extends the layoff period in the Employment Standards Act to 16 weeks.

Le gouvernement de l'Alberta a annoncé d'autres modifications à sa législation sur les normes du travail en vue de faire face aux répercussions pratiques de la COVID-19.

Last year's regulations exempted employers from certain provisions of The Employment Standards Act during what was labelled as a "public emergency period".

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

As we explained in our recent Update, at the end of May 2020 the Ontario government introduced a new regulation under the Employment Standards Act, 2000.

As our regular readers will be well aware, this countdown was set to end on September 4, 2020.

Today, the Ontario Government announced further amendments to extend the maximum periods of temporary layoffs to January 2, 2021, before they could be...

The Ontario government has extended the temporary relief measures under Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) set out in O. Reg. 228/20: Infectious Disease Emergency Leave until January 2, 2021.

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

On December 8, 2020, the Workplace Safety and Insurance and Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 238) ("the Bill") passed first reading in the Ontario legislature.

Earlier today the government of Ontario provided an outline of its plan to help control the spread of COVID-19 through the province's workplaces.

On March 27, 2020, the Government of Canada announced that it would be increasing a previously announced wage subsidy for small and medium businesses from 10% to 75%.

Employers operating in multiple Canadian jurisdictions must navigate a complex framework of employment standards and laws to remain in compliance with provincial and federal jurisdiction requirements.