It may seem odd that an HR consultant is talking about this, but I feel it is high time for the Federal and Provincial governments to collaborate on providing a Basic Income program. The economy is being battered and the current “band-aid” solutions of CERB/EI and CEWS, while very important in …
COVID-19
Changes to ESA Effective Dec 17 2020
URGENT: The Ontario Government has introduced an extension to the COVID-19 period and related changes to the Employment Standards Act, as well as introducing legislation that will affect the recall and layoff terms in collective agreements in Unionized workplaces. Please click the links to see the …
2021: The Year of Adaptation
We have all heard the expression that "hindsight is like 2020 vision" because we are looking backwards and are able to (more clearly) see where we may have gone wrong on our path. Despite the pandemic that is currently crippling our economy, we should not be looking back at 2020 as a year of …
Information on New Sick Benefit
The Federal Government recently announced "paid sick days" for workers who are ill or must quarantine/isolate due to COVID. While this is a great benefit, it is quite limited: It is available from September 27, 2020 until September 25, 2021It is provided in two (2), one-week periods.Each week …
