Government Support Measures

On May 31, 2021, the Ministry of Long-Term Care announced that it would be issuing a Minister’s Directive (the “Directive”)…

After mounting public pressure and a whirlwind legislative session, the Ontario government passed legislation to amend the Employment Standards Act…

On April 15, 2021, Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”) published helpful new information on its website in respect…

In late April, the Ontario government made a number of changes to the regulations under the Emergency Management and Civil…

Based on the latest modelling data for the province of Ontario, the number of active COVID-19 cases including those requiring…

On December 18, 2020, Vera Etches, Medical Officer of Health for the City of Ottawa (the “City”), issued a Letter…

On December 21, 2020, the Ontario government confirmed a widely expected mandatory shutdown as the province recorded more than 2,000…

As initially detailed in one of our early COVID-19 Focus Alerts, O. Reg. 228/ 20 – the Infectious Disease Emergency…

Although some employees were permitted to make personal income tax deductions related to certain home office expenses even before COVID-19…

On December 8, 2020, the Ontario government introduced Bill 238, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2020 (the “Bill”).…