Category: Legislation & Regulations
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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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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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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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Quebec Draft Regulation re Temporary Measures in Response to COVID-19
Quebec published a draft regulation, Measures related to supplemental pension plans to reduce the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which provides a number of temporary relief measures for Quebec pension plans . . .
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Status Update: Temporary Layoffs
Typically, under employment standards legislation, a temporary layoff longer than a specified period is considered a permanent layoff (i.e., requiring an employer to provide employees with written working notice of termination and/or to pay termination and severance pay). This post provides a quick review of the jurisdictions that have extended or created exemptions from the temporary layoff periods in response to COVID-19 . . .
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Federal Draft Tax Regulations re Relief for RPPs & Deferred Salary Leave Plans
The federal government published draft amendments to the Income Tax Regulations in response to COVID-19. The amendments provide temporary relief measures for employers who sponsor a Registered Pension Plan (RPP) or deferred salary leave plan (DSLP . . .
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New Brunswick Draft Regulation re Solvency Funding
New Brunswick published draft regulations, which will amend the General Regulation to provide plan sponsors with greater flexibility in funding solvency deficits. Comments are due by July 13, 2020 . . .
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