On November 7, 2019, the Provincial Government passed the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 (commonly known as “Bill 124”) into law, limiting public sector and broader public…
It has been challenging for not-for-profits and charities to keep up with the shifting rules during the COVID-19 pandemic around Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) deadlines, virtual meetings and filings. What complicates matters…
Updated December 20, 2020 With the winding down of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) in September and the realization that the current COVID-19 scenario may last for much longer than anticipated,…
At the start of 2020, we were excited to deliver our usual array of in-person seminars and information sessions to individuals, families and community-based organizations. Our plans changed drastically with the COVID-19…
In March 2020, the provincial government appointed a Bioethics Table responsible for creating the March 28 COVID Clinical Triage Protocol (“Protocol”). This protocol outlined how hospitals in Ontario should decide whom to…
Here in Toronto, as in many regions around the world, we are in the midst of another pandemic-related lockdown. At the same time, it is still possible to look ahead to a…
During the Throne Speech on September 23, 2020, the federal government announced its commitment to introduce a new benefit for Canadians with disabilities, called the Canada Disability Benefit. This new benefit is…
In a recent labour arbitration decision, Arbitrator Dana Randall upheld a unilateral policy of bi-weekly mandatory surveillance test for COVID-19 instituted by Cressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes. (See Caressant Care Nursing…
On December 17, the Province announced that it will make a regulatory amendment to extend its emergency conversion of temporary layoffs into unpaid Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) infectious disease leaves. Our firm previously explained this emergency measure…
In May 2019, the Provincial Government announced an independent review of the Province’s statutory workplace accident and injury insurance scheme, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”), to consider and recommend operational,…
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