Agricultural Employers COVID-19 Update: September 7 Deadline for Reimbursement Applications, Mandatory Paid Leave, Required Outbreak Testing, and More by Stokes Lawrence, P.S.
During the past week, Washington State has implemented several additional programs aimed at containing and reducing the spread of COVID-19 in agricultural communities. This update is a must-read for employers in all areas of the agricultural industry. Mandatory Paid Sick Leave A new Proclamation 20-67 – Food Production Workers Paid Leave requires agricultural employers to provide up […]
Updates to rental lease rights and obligations during COVID-19 by Rigby Cooke Lawyers
Treasurer Tim Pallas announced that the Victorian Government will extend its moratorium on evictions and rental increases for both residential and commercial tenancies in Victoria until 31 December 2020. There will be some specific exceptions to this rule, the details of which are yet to be identified. According to the Treasurer, “… we will now make […]
Legal Alert by Biriş Goran SPARL
LAW 179/2020 APPROVING GEO 70/2020 CHANGES REGARDING THE SOCIAL PROTECTION MEASURES IN THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS CONTEXT Law no. 179/2020 approving Government Emergency Ordinance no. 70/2020 (“GEO 70/2020”) regulating certain measures, applicable as of 15 May 2020, in the context of the epidemic determined by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, for extending deadlines, amending and supplementing […]
HR in the COVID Era: The Top Ten Things Every HR Professional Should Know by Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough, P.C.
Healthcare transformation – the human factor by Ronan Daly Jermyn
The headlines across the globe tell a story of transformation, reform and renewal within the healthcare sector. We are constantly being advised that traditional healthcare is being reimagined. Many of the patients currently attending hospitals, will, we are told, never need to attend in the future, as AI powered predictive care will prevent many of […]
Temporary layoffs, CERB, and CEWS: A COVID-19 update by Watson Goepel LLP
Temporary Layoffs in B.C. Under the Employment Standards Act, RSBC 1996, c. 113 (the “Act”), as long as an employer has the contractual authority or the employee agrees to it, employers may layoff employees on a temporary basis. Normally, the time limit for a layoff to be “temporary”, according to the Act, is 13 weeks. After […]
COVID-19 Update: Impacts on CA Education by Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP
COVID-19 Update: Impacts on CA Education Five months into the pandemic and with fall right around the corner, California school districts are beginning to announce their plans for the upcoming school year. California has set specific guidelines to determine whether schools can conduct in-person learning or whether they will be required to implement distance learning. […]
Changes to Temporary Layoff Rules in Alberta Due to COVID-19 by Emery Jamieson LLP
On April 6, 2020, in the face of the shutdown of many businesses across the country, the province announced changes to the temporary layoff scheme in order to allow employers to provide job protection, and flexibility to employers impacted by the pandemic. According to the Alberta Employment Standards Code, employers of non-unionized employees are entitled to temporarily layoff […]
COVID-19 Update: Provincial Court of Alberta by Carscallen LLP
The Provincial Court of Alberta (“Provincial Court”) has implemented its staged resumption of court activities, following the temporary suspension of court activities due to COVID-19, and is increasing the number of criminal, family and youth, and civil matters that can be heard in-person at base point locations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to read […]
Tips for Protecting your Business by QLD Law Group
If you have a business no doubt you have been putting a lot of effort into it during the COVID-19 crisis. Having worked so hard under so much stress in recent tough times you want the business to not just survive but thrive in the future. The world has changed and it may be a […]