COVID-19: Further Details On Federal Government’s Wage Subsidy Program

This is a live blog, meaning we’ll update this blog as more details are available regarding the Federal government’s wage subsidy program.  Stay tuned! Following up on our earlier blog, new details have emerged concerning the Federal government’s announcement of up to a 75% wage subsidy for qualifying organizations, retroactive to March 15, 2020. While…

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COVID-19: Federal Government Boosts Wage Subsidy for Businesses

New 75% Wage Subsidy for Businesses Earlier today, the Federal government announced additional support for small and medium-sized businesses with the goal of encouraging businesses not to reduce staffing levels during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The centrepiece of this announcement is a significantly expanded wage subsidy. The Federal government had previously announced a 10% wage…

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COVID-19: Proposed Amendment to BC Employment Standards Act

The BC government has tabled an amendment to the Employment Standards Act (“ESA“) that will increase employees’ rights to unpaid leave not only during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also into the future.  The proposed amendment grants employees the right to an indefinite amount of leave if they are dealing with specific disruptions brought on by…

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The Jig is Up on the Gig Economy – OLRB says Foodora Couriers can Unionize

Case Review:  Canadian Union of Postal Workers v Foodora Inc (dba Foodora) (2020), OLRB Case No 1346-19-R In a new decision with potentially far-reaching consequences, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) has held that Foodora couriers have the right to unionize. You’ve almost certainly seen them buzzing around your neighborhood on their bikes, braving the…

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Part IV – The Neverending Story: The Code and the Goblet of Human Rights

Like all great tetralogies (a Greek word defined as a compound work composed of four distinct works – Google it), we let the success of our initial trilogy go to our heads (read Part I: Employment Standards Act, Part II: Labour Relations Code, and Part III: Canada Labour Code).  The resulting inflated egos, creative differences, unsuccessful side…

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Welcome to the Year of the Rat

Happy Lunar New Year! As a curious child who asked endless questions about how things came to be, I was always intrigued by the Chinese zodiac animals. My dad, who is born in the year of the rat, recounted the story about the big race which was told to him by his parents. Without bringing…

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Student Open House – February 21, 2020

Please join the MT+Co. team in our office at 4pm on Friday, February 21 to learn more about who we are and what we do. Submit your RSVP and find out more details by clicking here. In case you don’t believe us, here’s what Dan Fogarty has to say… “Articling at MT+Co has been a…

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