Category: Bills
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Alberta Passes Bill 32 re Employment Standards & Labour Relations
Alberta Bill 32, Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act, 2020, received Royal Assent on July 29, 2020. Bill 32 includes extensive amendments to the Employment Standards Code (ESC) and the Labour Relations Code (LRC . . .
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Federal Government Passes Bill C-20 re Further COVID-19 Measures
Federal Bill C-20, An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures, received Royal Assent on July 27, 2020. Bill C-20 expands the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, authorizes the disclosure of information in relation to the one-time payment to persons with disabilities, and enacts a new Act to provide greater flexibility around certain time limits . . .
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Ontario Bill 195 in Force – ESA Implications
Ontario Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, came into force on July 24, 2020. This means that Ontario's state of emergency due to COVID-19 ended on July 24th*. The end of the emergency, in turn, activates the timeline for the end of the temporary exemption from temporary layoff provisions in the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA . . .
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Ontario Passes Bills 195 & 197 re COVID-19
Ontario Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 and Bill 197, COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 received Royal Assent on July 21, 2020 . . .
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Federal Government Introduces Bill C-20 re Further COVID-19 Measures
The federal government introduced Bill C-20, An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures, for first reading on July 20, 2020. Bill C-20 includes many of the amendments that were in Bill C-17. It further expands the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, authorizes the disclosure of information in relation to the one-time payment to persons with disabilities, and enacts a new Act to provide greater flexibility around certain time limits . . .
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PEI Passes Bill 110 re Employment Standards
Prince Edward Island Bill 110, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act (No. 4), received Royal Assent on July 14, 2020. Bill 110 amends the Employment Standards Act with respect to reprisals . . .
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B.C. Bill 23 re Workers Compensation Act
British Columbia introduced Bill 23, Workers Compensation Amendment Act, for first reading on July 14, 2020. Bill 23 includes amendments related to health and safety and workers' compensation . . .
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Ontario Bill 197 Includes Health & Safety Amendments
Ontario introduced Bill 197, COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020, for first reading on July 8, 2020. Bill 197 includes amendments to Occupational Health & Safety Act . . .
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Alberta Introduces Bill 32 re Employment Standards & Labour Relations
Alberta introduced Bill 32, Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act, 2020, for first reading on July 7, 2020. Bill 32 includes extensive amendments to the Employment Standards Code (ESC) and the Labour Relations Code . . .
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Ontario Introduces Bill 195 re Reopening Ontario
Ontario introduced Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, for first reading on July 7, 2020. Bill 195 will provide the government with the authority to extend and, in certain circumstances, amend orders made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act in relation to COVID-19 . . .
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