July 24, 2020
In a previous Focus Alert, we discussed the creation and implementation of the temporary new “Leave Related to COVID-19” (or “COVID-19 Leave”) for federally regulated employees subject to the application of the Canada Labour Code. Initially, COVID-19 Leave was subject...
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May 29, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our workplaces, many unionized employers may have been questioning whether employees who are quarantined (self-isolating) but who are not themselves ill or exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 or do not test positive (or do...
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January 7, 2021
On December 18, 2020, Vera Etches, Medical Officer of Health for the City of Ottawa (the “City”), issued a Letter of Instruction (the “Letter”) to all employers in the City permitted to be open under the Reopening Ontario Act and...
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December 22, 2020
On December 21, 2020, the Ontario government confirmed a widely expected mandatory shutdown as the province recorded more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Boxing Day (Saturday, December 26,...
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