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CEWS Expanded and Extended

July 31, 2020
Susan Kootnekoff

On July 27, 2020, Bill C-20, An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures, received royal assent. This legislation amends the Income Tax Act (Canada) to extend and expand the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) amid COVID-19. It also released a backgrounder and...

Changes to BC Employment Standards & Federal Emergency Wage Subsidy

May 7, 2020
Susan Kootnekoff
Photo: "Canadian Bills/Coins" by anitakhart is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

We previously wrote about temporary changes to BC’s Employment Standards Act (ESA) which allow employees to take temporary leaves of absence due to covid-19. A leave of absence is different from a layoff. Effective May 4, 2020, amendments to BC’s Employment...