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Canada Emergency Response Benefit CERB

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The impact of the pandemic on termination entitlements

As the pandemic continues, and as we see more court decisions that analyze terminations that took place during the pandemic, we are gaining some clarity on how courts are viewing the impact the pandemic has had on a variety of factors.

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Doug’s top 5 employment law stories of 2021

Last year, three of my top five stories were COVID related. This year all five stories are COVID related, covering temporary layoffs, mandatory vaccination policies, just cause for termination, reasonable notice periods and wrongful dismissal damages.

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Deductibility of EI and CERB benefits from severance payments

This issue has arisen in several recent mediations that I have conducted. As regular readers will know, Employment Insurance benefits are usually deducted from money paid out in lieu of notice of dismissal. At mediation, the plaintiff will be asked if they received EI benefits; if they did, then a mechanism for obtaining a statement of account/debt from Service Canada, and a holdback of funds to cover any repayment obligation, is typical.

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