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A Guide for Employers During COVID-19 – October 26 update

By Danielle Murray, Hilary Page, Flora Vineberg & Lisa Stam on October 27, 2021
Posted in COVID-19, Employer Resources, Health and Safety, HR, News, Workplace Policies

A Guide for Employers during COVID-19A Guide for Employers during COVID-19

This free guide sets out the key employment law issues to consider, as well as the government’s financial relief options to explore, to get through this ongoing pandemic.  (Last Updated  October 26, 2021)

Looking for more help to open the office smoothly and safely? Check out our new DIY OMG The Office is Open!!! toolkit.

Should you need legal advice specific to your workplace, please get in touch to learn more about our legal services.

Further free employment law resources can be found here.

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Danielle is an employment and labour lawyer at SpringLaw. She advises clients on all aspects of employment law, human rights law, occupational health and safety and employment standards. Me Danielle Murray est avocate chez SpringLaw et pratique en droit du travail et de…

Danielle is an employment and labour lawyer at SpringLaw. She advises clients on all aspects of employment law, human rights law, occupational health and safety and employment standards. Me Danielle Murray est avocate chez SpringLaw et pratique en droit du travail et de l’emploi. Elle conseille et représente les employeurs et employés en lien avec tous les aspects du droit de l’emploi, des droits de la personne, et de la santé-sécurité au travail.

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Hilary Page practices employment, labour and human rights law. Her diverse legal experience includes litigation, articling in-house at a municipality, workplace and human rights law, and criminal defence. Hilary has experience with a wide variety of workplace issues including wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal…

Hilary Page practices employment, labour and human rights law. Her diverse legal experience includes litigation, articling in-house at a municipality, workplace and human rights law, and criminal defence. Hilary has experience with a wide variety of workplace issues including wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, human rights matters and workplace compliance issues.

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Lisa Stam practices all aspects of employment, labour and human rights law, and has a particular interest in legal issues involving technology in the workplace and the various methods by which people continue to mess things up with technology.

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