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What does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protect? Learn more about Charter rights and how they're applied in the context of mandatory vaccine policies.

Listen to Episode 3 of Morning Commute with Miller Thomson. In this episode, we share tips and insights on how to be an effective advocate in online mediation.

The author would like to acknowledge the contributions of Jane Huang. Some of Ontario’s not-for-profit and charitable corporations may be wondering whether and how the end of the COVID-19 Emergency in Ontario changes their ability to hold virtual members and directors meetings, even if their by-law or their letters patent contain restrictions.  Others may wonder […]

The Ontario Government has extended the maximum period of COVID-related temporary layoffs until January 1, 2022. Pursuant to Ontario Regulation 228/20 (the “IDEL Regulation”), during the “COVID-19 period,” employees are deemed to be on a job-protected Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (“IDEL”) when their hours of work are temporarily reduced or eliminated by their employer for […]

On December 7, 2021, the Ontario Government announced the extension of the Ontario COVID-19 Worker Income Protection Benefit Program (“WIPB”) through to July 31, 2022. This program requires employers to provide employees with up to three days of paid infectious disease emergency leave (“IDEL”) for reasons related to COVID-19, including where the employee: is going […]

Authored by Miller Thomson’s Helen D.K. Friedman Part one of this series looked at the Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) approach to determining insurance coverage for infectious disease in its decision in Gibbens v. Co-operators Life Insurance Company 2009 SCC 59. In part two, we continue to examine the SCC’s reasoning in Gibbens. Read the […]

Ontario’s Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update) (the “Action Plan”) was released yesterday and is intended to provide “a prudent one?year outlook based on current economic projections”. The Action Plan has been released instead of the previously-anticipated full provincial Budget due to the effects of COVID-19 on the economy. The […]

Construction employers in Ontario have a duty under the Occupational Health and Safety Act to protect the health and safety of workers on construction sites. This duty includes the obligation to protect workers from COVID-19 and help prevent outbreaks at the jobsite. As of January 2021, construction employers are required to abide by the following […]

As COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, individuals who are usually resident in another country but sheltered in place in Canada during the pandemic may decide to return to their countries of residence. Those individuals who are planning to leave Canada should remember to ensure their Canadian tax obligations are satisfied prior to their departure. A […]

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy calculator As previously reported, the Government is implementing the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), which will provide a 75% wage subsidy of up to $847 per employee per week, to eligible employers, for up to 12 weeks. The government has now launched the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy calculator to support employers as […]