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COVID-19 impact: Border closures & foreign workers

March 19, 2020 Occasional Contributors Government Budgets, Throne Speeches and Plans, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, 0

In a press conference on March 16, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would be closing its borders to non-citizens and those without permanent resident status starting today (March 18) in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19, cross-border travel, employment law, Foreign workers, travel disruptions

Winter-weather policy, do you need one?

February 22, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

Our last poll asked readers: Do you have a winter-weather policy to handle challenges the weather will bring that might prevent employees from getting to work? Out of 319 respondents, 161 (50.47%) of respondents said no and 90 (28.21%) said yes (29/9.9% of respondents already cover it in policy). Only 68 (21.32%) answered they did not know they needed one. So do you need one or not?

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