Temp Agencies in the Spot Light
Earlier today, the Ontario Minister of Labour announced that temporary help agencies and recruiters will soon need to be licensed and vetted by the province to operate. New labour legislation which will…
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Case Alert: Recent Nova Scotia Court of Appeal a Win for People with Developmental Disabilities and the Social Inclusion Model.
On October 6, 2021, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (the “Court”) released its decision in Disability Rights Coalition v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General). The Court made a number of important, positive…
COVID-19: Single Employer Order for Congregate Care Sectors Amended
On August 24, 2021, the government amended Emergency Order 177/20 “Congregate Care Settings” (the “Order“) to remove secondary employment restrictions for fully vaccinated employees. As we’ve previously reported here, the government introduced…
COVID-19: CMOH Issues Letter of Instruction Requiring Vaccination Policies in the Congregate Care Sector
On August 31, 2021, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) released a Letter of Instruction from the Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) on Covid-19 Vaccination Policy requirements for…
COVID-19: MCCSS Guidance on Mandatory Vaccination Policies
Vaccination against COVID-19 helps reduce the number of new cases, and, most importantly, severe outcomes including hospitalizations and death due to COVID-19 in residents, service recipients, staff and visitors. The Ministry of…
COVID-19: Ontario Extends Pandemic Pay Program
The Provincial government announced today that they will be investing an additional $169 million to extend the pandemic pay program for personal support workers (“PSWs”) and direct support workers (“DSWs”) until October…
Government Issues Guide to Mandatory Vaccination Policies for Health Care Providers
As we discussed in our recent blog, on August 16, 2021, the government of Ontario announced its plan to require employers in the Health, Education and Congregate Care sectors to implement vaccination…
COVID-19: Pandemic Pay Update
The second pandemic pay program, which began on October 1, 2020, is set to expire on August 23, 2021. The program, which is limited to specific categories of frontline workers, grants developmental…
Mandatory Policies on Vaccination and Testing Coming to Developmental Services Sector
Yesterday, Ontario announced it will be requiring health care providers, as well as congregate care and day program providers in the developmental services to adopt vaccination policies with certain minimum standards. While…
ONCA Coming Into Force on October 19, 2021
After more than a decade, the provincial government has finally announced a date to bring the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (“ONCA”) into force: October 19, 2021. The enactment of the not-for-profit legislation,…
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