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Posted April 9, 2020

Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) – Updated on April 17, 2020

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), which is designed to assist employed and self-employed workers, began receiving applications April 6, 2020. The CERB provides a taxable benefit[...]

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Posted April 1, 2020

Records of Employment in the COVID Era

Employment and Social Development of Canada has issued specific directions to employers on how to complete Records of Employment where an employee has been directly[...]

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Posted March 26, 2020

I Don’t Feel Safe at Work Because of Coronavirus. Can I Refuse to Work?

On March 23, 2020, the provincial government announced that all non-essential businesses would be shut down in order to contain the spread of COVID-19. Many[...]

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Posted March 19, 2020

COVAID: Feds Announce COVID-19 Aid Package

On March 18th, 2020, the Federal Government announced a new $27B aid package (“COVAID”) to help individuals reeling from the financial impact of the virus.[...]

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Posted March 19, 2020

COVID-19, Temporary Layoffs and Claims of Constructive Dismissal

Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 provides employers with the ability to place employees on a temporary layoff for a specific period of time.* However the[...]

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Posted March 16, 2020

COVID-19 and Sick Notes – What’s Going On?

With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the globe, employees and employers alike are asking our employment law team whether employers can still ask for sick[...]

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Posted December 12, 2019

Employees Living with Cancer

I received a call the other day from a client, the owner of a local business, who had just learned that one of his employees[...]

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Posted December 3, 2019

I’m on Salary. Does That Mean I Don’t Get Overtime?

Employees can be paid hourly, on commission, or receive a salary. Employees and employers often are curious as to overtime entitlement. Many assume that when[...]

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Posted October 31, 2019

Affirmative Action in University Admissions – What We Can Learn from Harvard

As an alumnus of Harvard College, I followed with interest the lawsuit challenging Harvard’s affirmative action practices in admissions. My time at the college transformed[...]