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Congratulations Jordan Ardanaz – You’re a Lawyer!
A Call to the Bar to Remember We are so excited to share that our former articling student, Jordan Ardanaz, was called to the bar earlier this month and has officially joined MT+Co. as our newest associate lawyer. With social distancing requirements getting in the way of hugs, high-fives, and toasts, we needed to really…
Read MoreBC Housing Opens Community Housing Fund RFP Portal
The British Columbia Housing Management Commission (“BC Housing”) announced on May 21, 2020 that it will open the second round of request for proposals (“RFP”) under the Community Housing Fund (“CHF”) on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, and will close mid January, 2021. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as the first round…
Read MoreCanada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Application and Document Samples – CHMC Releases Details
Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation Releases Details on CECRA Application Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (“CMHC”) has announced that the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (“CECRA”) application portal opens today, May 25, 2020, and has released application documents which will be required to complete an application and access the CECRA. The terms of the sample…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Update
We’re keeping up! Further changes have been made by the Federal Government. Get the information here. (last updated July 22, 2020) Update – Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy On April 27, 2020, applications opened for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“CEWS”). The CEWS is an initiative introduced by the Government of Canada to provide an incentive…
Read MoreTemporary Layoff and Minimum Wage Changes to BC Employment Standards Act
Extension of Temporary Layoff Period On May 4, 2020, the BC government announced a temporary amendment to the Employment Standards Act (“Act“) which extends the maximum length of a temporary layoff to 16 weeks in any 20 week period. This is an increase of 3 weeks from the previous maximum length of 13 weeks and aligns…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance for Small Businesses
Please refer to this post for the most updated information on CECRA: Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Application and Document Samples – CHMC Releases Details (posted May 25, 2020) Mortgage and Rent Subsidy for Small Business Affected by COVID-19 On April 24, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program…
Read MoreCOVID-19: A Practical Overview of Employer Options
Navigating Workplace Options in 3 Steps In response to the serious economic symptoms of COVID-19, organizations are having to make the most difficult kinds of business decisions – the human ones. As a follow-up to our initial webinar, we are providing a practical guide regarding the general options available to employers to respond to the…
Read MoreCOVID-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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreBCCA Pumps the Brakes on Application of Rosas v. Toca to Employment Contract Variations
Case Review: Quach v Mitrux Services Ltd., 2020 BCCA 25 Recently, the BC Court of Appeal commented on several foundational issues that arise in wrongful dismissal litigation. Particularly, the following are of interest to employers: the enforceability of a new or varied employment contract; when a dismissed employee may succeed with a claim for aggravated…
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