Domenica Moran

April 04, 2020

COVID-19 Update: Ontario Government Narrows List of “Essential Businesses”

By Hendrik Nieuwland and Domenica Moran

Today the Ontario Government announced it will reduce the list of “essential” businesses and order more workplaces to close in order to...

April 02, 2020

Update on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and Canada Emergency Response Benefit

By Hendrik Nieuwland, Todd Weisberg, Brandin O'Connor and Domenica Moran

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) Last week, the Federal Government announced it would provide the CEWS, a 75% wage subsidy for any business, ch...

March 31, 2020

Ontario Government Extends Emergency Declaration to April 13, 2020

By Hendrik Nieuwland and Domenica Moran

Yesterday the Ontario Government announced it has extended the Declaration of Emergency and all its emergency measures to help stop the spread of C...

March 30, 2020

Update on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Program

By Hendrik Nieuwland, Todd Weisberg, Brandin O'Connor and Domenica Moran

Last week the Federal Government announced it would provide a 75% wage subsidy through a program known as the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (&ldquo...

March 27, 2020

Federal Government Announces 75% Wage Subsidy for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

By Hendrik Nieuwland, Brandin O'Connor and Domenica Moran

Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new measures to help small and medium-sized businesses to avoid laying off employees during the COVID...

March 26, 2020

Bill C-13 Establishes New Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)

By Todd Weisberg, Brandin O'Connor and Domenica Moran

On March 25, 2020, the federal COVID-19 Emergency Response Act (the “Act)” received royal assent. In addition to other measures, ...

March 25, 2020

Federal Government Announces Canada Emergency Response Benefit

By Hendrik Nieuwland, Brandin O'Connor and Domenica Moran

Today the Federal Government announced it will establish the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (the “CERB”). The CERB will be a t...

March 24, 2020

URGENT COVID-19 UPDATE - List of Essential Services

By Hendrik Nieuwland and Domenica Moran

The Ontario Government has published the list of essential services that are exempted from the shutdown on March 24 at 11:59 pm: https://www.ontar...

March 23, 2020

COVID-19 Update: Ontario Government Announces Shut Down of Non-Essential Businesses

By Hendrik Nieuwland and Domenica Moran

In a news release issued on March 23, 2020, the Ontario Government announced it will order the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces to...

February 07, 2020

Coronavirus: Best Practices for Employers to Ensure a Healthy Workplace

By Hendrik Nieuwland and Domenica Moran

With the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV or “Coronavirus”), employers should refresh their knowledge of their obligations to...

December 04, 2019

Checking it Twice: A List of 12 Legal Considerations for Employers During the Holiday Season

By Brandin O'Connor and Domenica Moran

Health and Safety at Company Events The definition of “workplace” under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act...

November 11, 2019

Ontario Small Claims Court is Increasing Cap from $25,000 to $35,000

By Todd Weisberg and Domenica Moran

Starting January 1, 2020, litigants will be able to bring claims of up to $35,000 in the Ontario Small Claims Court. Currently, ...

September 30, 2019

Are Your Employees Entitled to Time Off Work to Vote in the Upcoming Federal Election?

By Amelia Cooke, Amelia Cooke and Domenica Moran

With Canada’s federal election only three weeks away, employers should confirm whether any employees will need time off work to vote on elect...

August 10, 2018

Exercise Caution when Imposing Suspensions: Ontario Court of Appeal Declares Unpaid Suspension Amounted to Constructive Dismissal

By Hendrik Nieuwland and Domenica Moran

In Filice v Complex Services Inc, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that an unpaid suspension of an employee under investigation can constitute cons...

August 10, 2018

Arbitrator Finds Employees Entitled to STD and LTD Benefits are Disentitled to Paid PEL Days

By Hendrik Nieuwland and Domenica Moran

Following Bill-148’s recent changes to job-protected Personal Emergency Leave (“PEL”) days in the Ontario Employment Standards Ac...

August 01, 2018

Terminating a Contract: Do you Have a Good Faith Reason?

By Todd Weisberg and Domenica Moran

Before the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Mohamed v Information Systems Architects Inc (“Mohamed”), it had always b...

July 04, 2018

Attention Employers: New Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 Put On Hold

By Amelia Cooke, Amelia Cooke and Domenica Moran

Note: The Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 (“SFO Act”) has been indefinitely postponed to give the new provincial government an opportunity...

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COVID-19 Update: Ontario Government Narrows List of “Essential Businesses”

Update on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and Canada Emergency Response Benefit

Ontario Government Extends Emergency Declaration to April 13, 2020

Update on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Program

Federal Government Announces 75% Wage Subsidy for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill C-13 Establishes New Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)

Federal Government Announces Canada Emergency Response Benefit

URGENT COVID-19 UPDATE - List of Essential Services

COVID-19 Update: Ontario Government Announces Shut Down of Non-Essential Businesses

Coronavirus: Best Practices for Employers to Ensure a Healthy Workplace

Checking it Twice: A List of 12 Legal Considerations for Employers During the Holiday Season

Ontario Small Claims Court is Increasing Cap from $25,000 to $35,000

Are Your Employees Entitled to Time Off Work to Vote in the Upcoming Federal Election?

Exercise Caution when Imposing Suspensions: Ontario Court of Appeal Declares Unpaid Suspension Amounted to Constructive Dismissal

Arbitrator Finds Employees Entitled to STD and LTD Benefits are Disentitled to Paid PEL Days

Terminating a Contract: Do you Have a Good Faith Reason?

Attention Employers: New Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 Put On Hold