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The Federal Government recently announced an extension to the Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB).

While truly an understatement, over the last two years society has undergone significant change. We have rising inflation.

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the Federal Government ministry responsible for administering Employment Insurance (EI), has recently amended its guidance to employers completing...

The Ontario Government passed a new regulation, O. Reg 228/20, that deems non-unionized employees whose hours of work are temporarily reduced or eliminated by the employer ...

During a press conference this morning, Premier Doug Ford and Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development

In light of the recent escalation of and response to COVID-19, the Ontario government has announced its intention to develop new protections for Ontario workers who are required to take unpaid leave during self-isolation ...

Late yesterday afternoon, September 3, 2020, the Ontario Government unexpectedly announced it is extending protection to prevent temporary layoffs from automatically becoming terminations.

In January 2021, the Ontario government announced that it was ramping up workplace health and safety inspections in an effort to combat COVID-19.

In a recent case, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario found that the denial of services to a patient who was potentially exposed to Covid-19 did not amount to discrimination under the Ontario Human

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.

By now, your email inbox has been inundated with messages regarding COVID-19. Based on inquiries we have received, we share the following thoughts.

The Ontario Superior Court recently ruled that an employee who was "placed on temporary layoff" due to the COVID-19 pandemic and deemed on infectious disease emergency leave...

I am writing this blog on November 25, 2020. Christmas is one month away. Access to an effective COVID-19 vaccine is …

Every year the team at CCPartners provides our readers with tips for navigating the holiday season, and in particular holiday parties, without inviting unwanted liability.

During the pandemic, many employers and employees have demonstrated exceptional adaptability in shifting their place of work from the office to the home.

The Federal Government has announced that time periods under the deemed termination provision of the Canada Labour Standards Regulations (the "Regulations") have been temporarily extended, effective June 22, 2020.

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...