City of Kawartha Lakes commercial tenants and landlords – what you need to know about the new, evolving commercial rent program available through the federal government: Reduces commercial rent by 75% if affected by COVID-19 Must pay less than$50,000 monthly rent to qualify Must have stopped operating or suffered a 70% reduction in gross revenue […]
Employers in the City of Kawartha Lakes, your updated Cheat Sheet of nee-to-know tips for the emergency wage subsidy and taking advantage of this benefit: 75% of employees’ wages for up to 12 weeks Retroactive to Mar. 15 Intend to promote recall and rehiring of employees laid off or terminated due to COVID-19; resume normal
Every employer in the City of Kawartha Lakes has a duty to take all reasonable steps to ensure the health and safety of employees, pursuant to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. According to Inspectors from the Ministry of Labour currently, generally in terms of COVID-19, this means: maintaining physical distancing all times in the
New Ontario emergency order affecting employers who provide mental health and addiction services (“Mental Health Agencies”), per Ontario’s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act: Mental Health Agencies now have broad discretion and flexibility to take “any reasonably necessary measure to respond to, prevent and alleviate the outbreak” of COVID-19 and “to respond to consequences arising
April 27, 2020 – the Ontario Government announced it’s “Framework for Reopening our Province”. no hard dates no specific businesses or services identified each stage is estimated to be two-to-four weeks, subject to virus containment STAGE 1: “select workplaces” that can immediately modify their operations to meet physical-distancing requirements, such as using curb-side pickup or
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If I am an essential worker (or permitted to work at my job), can I refuse to go to work because I am concerned about getting the virus? If so, can I collect the CERB? If your employer is: maintaining physical distancing in the workplace; practicing all federally, provincially and municipally ordered and recommended
April 22, 2020 – the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) announced it would allow special, favorable tax treatment to employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CRA will accept that the reimbursement of an employee, for amounts spent on personal computer equipment to enable the employee to work from home, will not be a
To provide additional support for front line workers fighting COVID-19, the Ontario government is now providing a temporary pandemic pay of $4/hour worked on top of their regular wages. In addition, the government will be providing monthly lump sum payments of $250 for four months to eligible frontline workers who work over 100 hours per month.
What if your commercial landlord is inflexible and uncooperative and refuses to participate in the new Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program, reducing your monthly commercial rent in April, May and June, 2020 to a maximum of 25%? CKL businesses leasing commercial property from an inflexible landlord, and which cannot afford to pay ongoing commercial
Zoom remains popular for video conferencing during the pandemic. Zoom has made security upgrades after the initial controversy. Here are eight additional tips to achieve better Zoom security and management for your vide conferencing: [1] Use a password: – only participants with the meeting ID and password may join in – remove the password from
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