Tag: COVID-19
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Federal Amendments to Employment Insurance
The federal government filed Interim Order No. 6 Amending the Employment Insurance Act (Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit): SOR/2020-169 . . .
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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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Nova Scotia Announces Mandatory Masks
Nova Scotia announced that masks will be mandatory in most indoor public places as of July 31, 2020 . . .
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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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B.C. Adds Contagious Disease Presumption to Workers Compensation
WorkSafeBC has approved amendments, which add infections caused by communicable viral pathogens, including COVID-19, that are subject to a B.C. emergency declaration/notice to Schedule 1 of the Workers Compensation Act (WCA). Schedule 1 lists occupational diseases that WorkSafeBC presumes to be work-related, unless the contrary is proven, if the worker was employed in the corresponding process or industry listed in the Schedule . . .
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B.C. Update re Certificate of Recognition Program
WorkSafeBC published information regarding the Certificate of Recognition (COR) program, which provides updates on audits in progress or yet to be completed in light of COVID-19 . . .
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Quebec Order re Masks – Public Transit
Further to an earlier order requiring face coverings (i.e., a mask or tightly fitting cloth that covers the nose and the mouth) to be worn in indoor public places, Quebec has issued an order requiring masks to be worn on public transit . . .
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Federal Tax Amendments re Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
The federal government has filed amendments to the Income Tax Regulations (ITR), which were required as a part of the extension of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS . . .
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Federal Amendments to Canada Labour Standards Regulations
The federal government published amendments to the Canada Labour Standards Regulations, extending leaves of absence related to COVID-19 . . .
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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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