Return to Work: Employment Law & COVID-19

Return to Work: Employment Law & COVID-19″

In this webinar, a team of lawyers from the firm Fasken Law will provide information and guidance on how to respond to the significant changes employers are facing due to COVID-19 and how to plan for the post-pandemic landscape. When operations resume and employees return to the workplace, employers will be faced with new challenges. We will touch on employment law, human rights, immigration, workplace health and safety, privacy and government aid programs. Topics to be covered, include:

– Implementing temporary layoffs and recalling employees from layoff
– Temporary reductions in employee compensation
– How to respond if an employee tests positive for COVID-19
– Ensuring compliance with workplace health and safety obligations
– Human rights issues arising out of COVID-19
– The impact of COVID-19 on immigration applications and work permits


This webinar was from Fasken Law and covers:

  • 00:00 Employment Law – Matthew Larson
  • 12:00 Workplace Health & Safety – Richard Savage
  • 24:14 Government Programs – Matt Allard
    • CEWS – Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy
    • CERB – Canadian Emergency Response Benefit
    • Federal Work Sharing Program
    • SUB Supplemental Unemployment Benefits
    • LEEFF Large Employer Emergency Financial Facility
    • BCAP – Business Credit Availability Program
  • 33:34 Human Rights
  • 41:30 Immigration Agenda – Jae-Yeon Lim
    • Emergency Legislation – Quarantine and Aeronautical Acts
    • Centralized Screening Foreign Nationals
    • Travel Bans
  • 54:06 Q&A Session

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