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Under the federal government’s new $19 billion Safe Restart Agreement, employees who do not have paid sick leave to remain at home when they have COVID-19 or its symptoms will be given temporary income support that will provide each worker with a job-protected leave of absence of ten paid sick days related to COVID-19. Each […]

The Ontario government is proposing changes that would provide additional protection for payday loan borrowers by capping interest rates and fees on defaulted loans, ensuring that workers and families who use payday loan services can keep more of their hard-earned money. The changes were included in the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020. Proposed amendments to the Payday

The requirements for the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy have been loosened for employers in the CKL. They no longer need to prove a 30% or greater revenue setback or reduction to qualify for the CEWS. We are now in period 5 of the CEWS. Rather, a new sliding scale approach will prevail. What you need to

The federal government has announced a federal investment of more than $19 billion to help provinces and territories safely restart their economies and to make us hopefully more resilient to possible future waves of the virus. This investment, through the Safe Restart Agreement, will help address the key priorities, agreed upon by Canada’s First Ministers, for

The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (the "CEWS") intended to assist and support businesses that had been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the wage subsidy is to enable businesses to rehire workers previously laid off as a result of COVID19, help prevent further job losses and better position companies to resume normal operations. In May

Our Health Unit has updated its making directive for "commercial establishments" and indoor, public places:  Indoor mask use now applies to any place of business or facility that is indoors and currently open to the public under Stage 3 . Public settings include: retail stores, churches/places of worship, public libraries, real estate open houses, personal

The Ontario government has announced nearly all businesses and public spaces will reopen in Stage 3 of the province’s reopening framework with public health and workplace safety measures and restrictions in place. As part of the Stage 3 reopening, Ontario will be increasing gathering limits for those regions entering the next stage to the following:

As the buy/sell of residential and commercial real estate heats up again in the CKL, remember the restrictions that continue to apply during the provincial state of emergency: No “Open Houses”: The Government of Ontario has prohibited the hosting of in-person open houses during the state of emergency. In addition, RECO has strongly recommended that

Businesses and orgs in the CKL – would it be a good time to collectively check in with your employees during the pandemic? We do, regularly. Here is a sample of how you might do so. These are questions we surveyed to our entire office, using surveymonkey.com. You could modify your questions as necessary –

The Ontario government has now announced proposed legislation that, if passed, would ensure certain emergency measures continue once the provincial declaration of emergency has ended.  According to a government press release, Bill 195 Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, would: • continue emergency orders in effect under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act ("EMCPA") under the