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The Alberta Government has passed legislation amending the Employment Standards Code to provide employees with up to three hours of paid, job-protected leave to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The amendment applies to all full-time and part-time employees regardless of length of employment. The amendment took effect on April 21, 2021. Alberta is the second Canadian […]

The Employment Standards Regulation, BC Reg 396/95, has been amended to create an unpaid leave for employees who require leave to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to assist a dependant who is being vaccinated against COVID-19. The length of the leave is not specified.  The legislation simply states, “An employee is entitled to leave under […]

Alberta to lift COVID-19 restrictions The Government of Alberta recently announced a staged plan to loosen public health restrictions that were implemented in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. Stage One took effect February 8th and removed the restrictions exemption program as well as lifted restrictions on food and beverage at entertainment venues, […]

UPDATE:  This amendment to the Guide was removed following publication of this article.   When dealing with employees who fail or refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine, employers in Ontario may wish to consider, among other things, whether such employee(s) should be placed on an infectious disease emergency leave. The Employment Standards Act, 2000 provides […]

In part one of this two-part series on transitioning from COVID-19 workplace mandates, we covered the latest and upcoming changes to COVID-19 workplace safety requirements in British Columbia. In part two, we explain what these changes mean in light of other statutory responsibilities employers have pertaining to workplace safety and employees with medical conditions, including […]

With the global spread of COVID-19, governments all over the world have been implementing extraordinary measures in an effort to contain the virus and its effects on the population. As part of these measures, the Government of Canada announced air and land travel restrictions including the closure of our border to all non-essential travel.[1] With […]

British Columbia continues to take steps toward relaxing COVID-19 workplace safety requirements and returning employees to the office, in keeping with recent trends among provincial governments in Canada. On March 11, 2022, the B.C. Provincial Health Officer lifted mandatory face-cover requirements in the workplace. These changes followed the lifting of other COVID-19 workplace safety requirements […]

Introduction On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) declared the COVID-19 strain of coronaviruses (“COVID-19”) a public health emergency. The outbreak was officially classified as a pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020. Given the significant impact of COVID-19 on the global economy, reporting issuers in Canada are urged to be mindful […]

As discussed in a previous communique, the BC Government amended the Employment Standards Regulation, BC Reg 396/95, to create an unpaid leave for employees who require leave to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to assist a dependant who is being vaccinated against COVID-19. On April 19, 2021, the BC government introduced amendments to the Employment Standards […]

Many of you are undoubtedly dealing with a wide range of issues related to your workplace. Among the issues that may impact your employees and your obligations as an employer are those relating to the administration of a registered pension plan. The purpose of this post is to briefly highlight the obligations of an employer […]