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By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read March 19, 2020

COVID-19 impact: Border closures & foreign workers

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.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Employee Relations, Health and Safety / COVID-19, cross-border travel, employment law, Foreign workers, travel disruptions

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 4 Minutes Read February 22, 2013

Winter-weather policy, do you need one?

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?

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / Absenteeism, being paid for snow days, business hours, call-in procedure, Canada labour Code, employee handbook, Employee lateness, employment law, Employment/Labour Standards Acts, getting to work safely, high rate of absenteeism, hours of work, how to handle pay for employees who either stay home or leave early because of weather, inclement-weather policy, Labour Law, management, Occupational Safety and Health legislation, policies and procedures, policy manual, sick leave, telecommuting, time worked versus time off, travel disruptions, winter-weather policy, work from home via remote VPN connections, working from home, working hours

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