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The Ontario government has revised its list of essential workplaces that are permitted to remain open while its order requiring the mandatory closure of certain businesses is in effect. more >
The Federal government has announced that the previously unveiled temporary wage subsidy will be increased to 75%. more >
The federal government last week announced its COVID-19 emergency response package. This afternoon, legislation supporting the response package received royal assent. more >
The Ontario government announced that it would be ordering the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces, effective at 11:59PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The list of "essential workplaces" that will be permitted to remain open has now been released. more >
The Ontario government has announced that it will be ordering the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces. more >
The Government of Ontario today made an order under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act to suspend any limitations period and procedural time limit prescribed by an Ontario statute, regulation, rule, by-law, or order. more >
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has passed the Employment Standards Amendment Act (Infectious Disease Emergencies), 2020, which provides job-protected leave for employees for certain reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic. more >
The Canadian government today unveiled an $82 billion emergency response package to help Canadians in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic. more >
As of Tuesday March 17, 2020, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in Ontario in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. more >
On March 16, 2020, the Ontario Government proposed legislation in order to provide job protection to workers across Ontario who are impacted by COVID-19. more >