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Québec to Eliminate Mandatory Masking on May 14, 2022

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With hospitalizations and staff absences in the Québec health-care system declining, the interim Québec National Director of Public Health announced on May 4, 2022 that the wearing of masks in public places indoors would be...more

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Ontario, Canada: Mandatory Vaccination Policy Upheld Despite Government’s Reduction of COVID-19 Restrictions

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On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home’s mandatory vaccination policy as a reasonable...more

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Ontario, Canada Announces Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Requirements for Long-term Care Homes

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With the Delta variant putting residents and staff in long-term care homes at risk of contracting COVID-19, on October 1, 2021, Ontario announced certain mandatory vaccination and randomized testing requirements....more

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British Columbia, Canada Announces Vaccination Requirement for Workers in Long-term Care and Assisted Living Facilities

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British Columbia recently announced new public health requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccinations for those working at long-term care and seniors’ assisted living facilities.  In the announcement, Dr. Bonnie Henry, British...more

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Ontario, Canada: COVID-19 Vaccination Policies Mandated in High-Risk Settings

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On August 17, 2021, Ontario announced that COVID-19 vaccination policies would be mandatory in high-risk settings, and the province’s exit from the Roadmap to Reopen would be put on hold. Therefore, until further notice,...more

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Mise à jour des mesures relatives à la COVID-19

Lors du point de presse du 7 avril 2021, le gouvernement a annoncé que les personnes souffrant de maladies chroniques et les travailleurs essentiels feront partie des prochains groupes visés dans le cadre du programme de...more

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Canada: How Should Employers Respond to Employees Who Have Childcare Obligations During COVID-19?

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When the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the state of the world in March 2020 and made employees’ normal childcare arrangements generally unavailable, Canadian employees (other than some essential workers) began to...more

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