Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Canada as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Canada: Income tax payment deadlines extended
Income tax payment deadlines have been once again extended – now to 30th September 2020 …
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Canada: Government of Canada launches updated Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Calculator to support employers
The next period of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program will open for applications on 17th August 2020 …
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Canada: Expansion of the Emergency Wage Subsidy
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) has been extended for a further period from August 29th to December 19th 2020 …
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Canada: PwC cut pay and hours
Even firms that might be considered to be beyond economic vicissitudes are suffering right now …
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Canada: Supreme Court of Canada upholds genetic non-discrimination law
The Supreme Court has upheld the federal government’s constitutional right to have introduced the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act back in 2017 …
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Canada: Ontario adopts changes to occupational exposure limits
Ontario’s occupational exposure limits for many hazardous chemicals were revised with effect from July 1st 2020 …
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Canada: Employees have right to make claims in own jurisdiction
The National Supreme Court has found that a $400M class action must not be heard through international arbitration in the Netherlands, but before a Canadian Court …
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Canada: BlackBerry faces class action suit over more than 300 employees’ severance
The company BlackBerry Ltd has been the target of a class action from some 300 former employees over severance entitlements …
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Canada: Class actions
The possibility that employees may file a putative class action arising from the health crisis in Canada is limited by existing Workers Compensation Acts in some Provinces …
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Canada: Saskatchewan minimum wage increases October 1, 2020
The minimum wage in Saskatchewan will rise by 1 …
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Canada: Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Presumption Respecting COVID-19), 2020 – Ontario
Yet another legislature has issued a Bill that seeks to classify COVID-19 as an occupational disease …
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Canada: Removal of automatic termination
Under normal circumstances, Ontario law would require an automatic trigger of termination (and associated severance) after non-unionised workers have had pay cuts, or work reductions, for 13 weeks …
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Canada: Temporary worker applications expedited
Temporary workers who are already in the country with employer-specific work permits issued on a provisional basis, may now start working in their new job, even whilst their work permit application is being fully processed …
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Canada: Justin Trudeau extends the emergency wage subsidy until the end of August 2020
The emergency wage-subsidy programme, which covers 75% of an eligible company’s payroll up to a maximum of $847 per week per employee, has now been extended until the 29th of August 2020 …
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Canada: Almost 10K businesses apply for wage subsidy as applications open
Employers may apply for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) through My Business Account or through the CRA’s online application portal, and their accounting/legal representatives may alternatively apply through Represent a Client …
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