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On October 22, 2021, Ontario announced its plan to exit the Roadmap to Reopen, which involves gradually lifting all COVID-19 related public health and workplace safety measures by March 28, 2022. [...]

On October 15, 2021, the Government of Canada updated its website by providing the following direction to employers in respect of the codes to be used in Block 16. This update provides additional [...]

On October 21, 2021, the Government of Canada announced that they would introduce legislation for a new Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (“CWLB”). If this legislation is passed, the new CWLB would [...]

On October 6, 2021, the federal government confirmed that it has implemented or will soon implement COVID-19 vaccination requirements across the federal public service and federally regulated [...]

On October 1, 2021, the Ontario government announced that all long-term care home workers in the province will be legally required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 15, 2021 in [...]

On October 15, 2021, the Ontario government announced the release of the Verify Ontario application for businesses and organizations and the enhanced vaccine certificate with a QR code for all [...]

On October 14, 2021, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister announced that the federal government is considering their next steps with respect to the federal COVID-19 relief programs, [...]

It has been reported that next week the Ontario government will announce its plans for exiting Step 3 of its “Roadmap to Reopen”, Ontario’s framework for reopening the economy and easing public [...]

On October 6, 2021, Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development announced reduced WSIB premiums for 2022, as well as proposed WSIB-related changes that would provide financial [...]

Several temporary changes to the federal Employment Insurance (“EI”) program ended on September 25, 2021, meaning that they will no longer be applicable to new claims for benefits made on or [...]