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On April 28, 2021, the Ontario Government announced it will introduce legislation titled the COVID-19 Putting Workers First Act, which if passed will require employers to provide employees with up to three (3) days of paid leave ...

Dr. Andrea Somers and her colleagues in UHN's two Emergency Departments at Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital are collecting old mobile phones and...

On January 12, 2021, the Government of Ontario declared a second provincial emergency (the "Declaration") which introduces additional restrictions in an attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19, ...

There is a growing list of Orders-in-Council being made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act ("EMCPA"), which provides the Ontario government with sweeping powers to put measures in place to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here is what we know so far about Canada's Emergency Wage Subsidy, a government program helping businesses avoid having to lay-off their employees during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

A recent decision from Arbitrator Eli Gedalof, Johnson Controls Canada v Teamsters Local, Union 419 (Williams Grievance), offers more insight into the importance of COVID-19 policies...

Employees are now eligible to take three days of unpaid, job-protected leave in each year of employment for reasons of a personal illness or injury.

The Federal Government indicates that Supplemental Unemployment Benefit plans are unavailable for employees who are collecting the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.

The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy ("CEWS") program was launched in April of 2020 to help mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to Canadian employers.

On March 18, 2021, the federal Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi, invited Canadians to participate in an online consultation to share their views on...

On March 16, 2020, the Ontario Government announced that it intends to table legislation that, if passed, would amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) to immediately provide job protection...

On August 20, 2020, the Federal Government announced that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit ("CERB") would be extended for an additional four week to October 3, 2020 before...

On March 18, 2020, the Government of Alberta directed that certain residential, farm, and small commercial utility customers in Alberta be given an option to defer the payment of electricity and

The Government of Canada has announced that they will be taking immediate measures to provide financial aid to Canadians facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Le 17 février 2021, le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (ci-après le « MSSS ») annonçait que dans certaines circonstances...

On April 6, 2020, Quebec's Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) issued a notice to drug manufacturers and blood system product manufacturers describing temporary measures...

This new policy will apply to foreign investments in public health, the supply of critical goods and services, or that are undertaken by investors with ties to foreign governments.