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Federal Amendments to Employment Insurance
The federal government filed Interim Order No. 6 Amending the Employment Insurance Act (Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit): SOR/2020-169 . . .
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Unifor v. Ontario (CEO of FSRA), 2020 ONFST 9 – Production Order Clarified In Light of COVID-19
This is the latest decision related to the production of documents (as a part of an ongoing pension dispute). In an earlier decision, the Financial Services Tribunal ordered General Motors of Canada (GM) to produce certain documents to Unifor by March 15, 2021. In response to COVID-19, the order was subsequently changed to require GM to provide the documents within 11 months . . .
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Federal Government Passes Bill C-20 re Further COVID-19 Measures
Federal Bill C-20, An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures, received Royal Assent on July 27, 2020. Bill C-20 expands the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, authorizes the disclosure of information in relation to the one-time payment to persons with disabilities, and enacts a new Act to provide greater flexibility around certain time limits . . .
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United Food And Commercial Workers International Union, Local 248-P v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc., 2020 CanLII 49107 – Settlement of Employee Under & Over Contributions
Maple Leaf Foods sponsors a defined benefit (DB) and a defined contribution (DC) plan. In 2003, the DB plan was closed to new members, and new employees were enrolled in the DC Plan. In 2018, Maple Leaf discovered numerous examples of employees over and under-contributing to both plans . . .
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Ontario Bill 195 in Force – ESA Implications
Ontario Bill 195, Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, came into force on July 24, 2020. This means that Ontario's state of emergency due to COVID-19 ended on July 24th*. The end of the emergency, in turn, activates the timeline for the end of the temporary exemption from temporary layoff provisions in the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA . . .
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Federal Amendments to Canada Labour Standards Regulations
The federal government published amendments to the Canada Labour Standards Regulations, extending leaves of absence related to COVID-19 . . .
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Federal Tax Amendments re Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
The federal government has filed amendments to the Income Tax Regulations (ITR), which were required as a part of the extension of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS . . .
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Federal Government Introduces Bill C-20 re Further COVID-19 Measures
The federal government introduced Bill C-20, An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures, for first reading on July 20, 2020. Bill C-20 includes many of the amendments that were in Bill C-17. It further expands the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, authorizes the disclosure of information in relation to the one-time payment to persons with disabilities, and enacts a new Act to provide greater flexibility around certain time limits . . .
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Federal Announcement re Paid Sick Leave
The federal government announcement regarding the Safe Restart Agreement - funding to help provinces and territories safely restart their economies - includes paid sick leave . . .
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Federal Announcement re Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
In response to consultations, the federal government announced further changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS . . .
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