COVID-19 Employment Update – A Review of Workforce Planning in the Pandemic (so far)

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The past month has been dizzying for employers across Canada, who are struggling to keep pace with workforce planning options, legislative changes, and new and evolving governmental supports and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this COVID-19 Employment Update, we will recap the most significant changes to labour and employment laws, workforce planning options, and the current state of employee benefits and wage supports available in Canada.

Specific topics include:

• Federal Programs including:
  • Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”)
  • Employment Insurance and the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”)
  • Federal Work-Sharing Program

• Workforce Reduction Options, including:
  • Temporary Layoffs, Limits and Legislative Changes
  • Salary Reductions
  • Hours Reductions

• Operating in a Pandemic – Current Requirements and Restrictions, including:
  • New Leaves of Absence for COVID-19
  • Operating an “Essential” Business/Service

• What comes next – getting out of “temporary measures” and into a new normal

Agenda

• 11:30 am - 12:00 pm ET Registration
• 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET Seminar and Q&A

Upcoming Webinars in the Series:

• Government Relations (and Lobbying Compliance) in a Time of Crisis - April 23, 2020
• Environment, Health & Safety - April 28, 2020
• Pivoting your Business Model to Become an Essential Service - April 30, 2020

Additional Information:

• The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
• The Federal Work-Sharing Program: An Alternative to Layoffs
• Canada Summer Jobs Program Temporarily Changed In Response To COVID-19
• Implementing Temporary Layoffs
• Work Refusals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Employers Need to Know About the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
• Workforce Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Options for Employers Outside Québec