A Guide for Employers during COVID-19

This Guide sets out the key employment law issues to consider, as well as the government’s financial relief options to explore to get through this deep economic crisis.  (Last Updated January 22, 2021)

Further free resources can be found here.

Should you need legal advice on how to manage your workplace during the COVID-19 outbreak, please get in touch.

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As we all now know, Ontario is under a state of emergency and a stay home order. If you are operating a business that is still open, you need to know what you should be doing to ensure that everyone stays safe and in compliance with the law. 

Firstly, everyone should be working from home, unless the nature of their work requires them to be on site. 

Only businesses on this list can be physically open. 

We are so thrilled that Emily Siu has joined the SpringLaw team! Emily is in her third year of lawyering and comes from a litigation background to help grow and support our employment litigation practice.

She has appeared before the Small Claims Court and Ontario Superior Court of Justice and successfully represented domestic and international insurers at settlement conferences, mediations, hearings, private negotiations, and motions. It turns out Emily is also super skilled at tricky drafting and complex legal terms, so really, the full package.

During law school at Queen’s, Emily helped build and transform the school’s social media approach for attracting a diverse class of students, and she continues to volunteer on a not-for-profit experimental film and new media board.  She brings her creative soul to each legal problem she solves.

We’re delighted she has joined SpringLaw and can’t wait for our clients to meet her.

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Inclined to believe better days are ahead of us, most of us couldn’t wait to see the end of 2020. While we’re still getting used to writing the new year, 2021 is already off to a rough start with the best news ahead not expected until September 2021 by which time we’re told we can expect that most Canadians will have been vaccinated. 

On January 12, 2021, with public health and financial recovery still in jeopardy, the Ontario government, under the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced its latest emergency response measures. Here are the key developments for Ontario employers.

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SpringLaw is a regular and long-time contributor to First Reference’s* blog First Reference Talks. We are very happy to be a member of this community of subject-matter experts and professionals, which aims to help small to medium-sized businesses stay abreast of news and discussions on Human Resources, Employment Law, Payroll and Internal Controls. 

In 2020, Covid-19 was, of course, top of mind for all employers and a topic we regularly wrote about for First Reference and our own SpringLaw blog followers.  We are thrilled to have two of our First Reference blog posts among their Top 10 most-read blog posts for 2020!