COVID-19
By Jeremy Schwartz and Haadi Malik In 2020, the Federal Government introduced the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”), which was…
By Jeremy Schwartz and Haadi Malik In April, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Coutinho v Ocular Health Centre…
We blogged recently that there was ambiguity in the new amendments to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”), which require employers to…
By Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that an employer that implemented a layoff during the pandemic, which was “deemed”…
We recently issued an update on the new paid COVID sick leave provisions introduced by the Ontario Government. The legislative amendments provide…
By Jeremy Schwartz The Ontario Government has passed amendments to the Ontario, Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”) which require Ontario employers to provide…
By: Jeremy D. Schwartz, Ryan J. Conlin and Erika M. Montisano Most of Ontario’s public health units are now well…
By: Landon Young and Amanda Boyce The Ontario government introduced a new regulation on May 29, 2020 under the Employment Standards…
By: Amanda Boyce Premier Doug Ford announced yesterday that the government is updating its emergency order to expand the list of non-essential…