COVID-19

Answers to common questions during COVID-19 about workplaces and employment:   Question: If an employee chooses to work from home because of childcare, kids’ online learning/homeschooling, but their role is impossible to do at home, are we required to provide alternative work OR do they just go on leave?   Answer: There is no requirement for […]

Ontario’s Main Street Relief Grant: PPE support Help to small businesses is available from the Ontario government for the unexpected costs of PPE. Eligibility To be eligible, your business must have two to nine employees and be in one of the following sectors: retail accommodation and food services repair and maintenance personal and laundry services What you’ll get

  Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) CKL’s businesses, non-profit organizations, or charities who have seen a drop in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for a subsidy to cover part of their commercial rent or property expenses, starting on September 27, 2020, until June 2021. This subsidy will provide payments directly to qualifying renters and property owners, without requiring the participation of landlords. If

Convicted: 1507418 Ontario Inc. Location: Toronto Description of Offence: Knowingly interfering with a tenant’s reasonable enjoyment of a rental unit Date of Offence: October 26, 2017 – October 5, 2018 Date of Conviction: November 13, 2020 Penalty Imposed: Following a guilty plea, 1507418 Inc. was fined $2,000 in Toronto by Justice of the Peace Tina Wassenaar. The court also imposed

CKL remains in the Green zone (Standard Measures), according to the Ontario government. However, very recently the Green status was changed. Previously, in a workplace, for example, masks were not required among staff and workers not within a public area of the business or workplace. Now, however, that has changed. Now, if staff/workers are performing

What should you do if an employee tests positive for the virus? [1] the infected employee should not be permitted to return to the workplace until they are clear of COVID-19; [2] immediately contact the local health unit for guidance and to initiate contact tracing; [3] in most cases, you do not need to shut

Currently in the “regional” COVID-19 approach by the Ontario government, the City of Kawartha Lakes remains in the green, “PREVENT (Standard Measures”). What does that mean for the general public, in addition to the usual preventative measures, like proper hand hygiene? It means this: • Gathering limit for select organized public events and social gatherings

The Dispute: Mutual allegations about by neighbours about family pets, profanity, disturbing the peace and misbehaviour generally. An injunction was sought. The Outcome: A pox on both their houses. The Court dismissed all of the claims and, effectively, admonished both sides for usurping the limited resources of the judiciary as a forum for their Hatfield-McCoy-style

In Kim v. BT Express Freight Systems (2020), 317 A.C.W.S. (3d) 255, Ontario’s Superior Court confirmed that an employer may be liable for damages if it withdraws an accepted offer of employment or terminates employment without cause prior to the start date. In this case, the employee had entered into an employment contract with the employer, which