Vaccine Resources
Federal Government Announces Suspension of Vaccine Mandates for Some Federally Regulated Workplaces: What Does This Mean for Your Business? [CCPartners]
The Federal Government Suspends its Mandatory Vaccination Requirements [McMillan]
Legal decisions on mandatory coronavirus vaccination policies favouring employers [Benefits Canada]
What happened to the Federal Government’s vaccine mandate for all federally regulated workplaces? [McCarthy Tetrault]
Boosting Your Vaccination Policy: Booster Best Practices for Employers [MLT Aikins]
How should requests for vaccine exemptions be handled? [Human Resources Director]
Updated Guidance on How Employers Should Fill Out Records of Employment During COVID-19 Pandemic [Littler]
Mandatory vaccinations in the workplace: Considerations for employers [Miller Thomson]
Benefit Premium Surcharges for Unvaccinated Employees – When the Carrot Isn’t Enough [Fasken]
Top 10 Considerations for Employer in Implementing a Vaccination Policy [Gowling]
Mandatory Vaccination and Your Workplace [Torkin Manes]
How to encourage vaccine hesitant employees to get the shot [Benefits Canada]
10 COVID-19 Workplace Vaccination Policy Tips [McInnes Cooper]
Etiquette for asking if your employees are vaccinated [Canadian Underwriter]
Getting COVID-19 vaccine will not affect insurance coverage – CLHIA [Insurance Business]
10 Employer FAQs About Employee COVID-19 Testing & Vaccination [McInnes Cooper]
Provincial Paid Vaccination Leave
Some Canadian Provinces Provide Paid COVID-19 Vaccination Leave, Others Encourage Leave Through Reimbursement Programs [Littler]
COVID-19 vaccination leaves: which provinces require employers to provide paid time off? [Norton Rose Fulbright]
Provincial Vaccine Mandates
Numerous Provinces Announce the End of Provincial Vaccine Mandates, What Does This Mean for the Future? [McCarthy Tetrault]
Federal Government Resources
Backgrounder: Government of Canada suspends mandatory vaccination for federal employees [Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat]
Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit [Canada Revenue Agency]
Government Temporarily Expands Access to Lockdown Program and Worker Lockdown Benefit [Department of Finance]
Legislation to create jobs and implement targeted COVID-19 support receives Royal Assent [Department of Finance]
Government introduces legislation to create jobs and implement targeted COVID-19 support [Department of Finance]
Targeting COVID-19 Support Measures [Department of Finance]
The Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit [Department of Finance]
Government announces targeted COVID-19 support measures to create jobs and growth [Department of Finance]
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federally regulated transportation employees and travellers [Transport Canada]
Government extends COVID-19 benefits and business supports to support stronger economic recovery [Department of Finance]
Government of Canada Announces Details of the New Canada Recovery Hiring Program and Extension of Business Support Programs [Department of Finance]
Regulations Amending the Canada Labour Standards Regulations: SOR/2021-36 [Government of Canada]
Government Announces Wage and Rent Subsidy Amounts to Remain Unchanged Through to June [Department of Finance]
Backgrounder: Employer-provided benefits and allowances: CRA and COVID-19 [Canada Revenue Agency]
COVID-19 Health and Safety Resources [Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety]
Backgrounder: The COVID-19 Response Measures Act [Government of Canada]
Safe Restart Agreement [Government of Canada]
CRA and COVID-19: Information for Employers [Canada Revenue Agency]
Supporting Canadians Through the Next Phase of the Economy Re-opening: Increased Access to EI and Recovery Benefits [Employment and Social Development Canada]
Government Introduces Draft Regulations Providing Relief for Registered Pension Plans [Department of Finance]
COVID-19 Measures – FAQs for Federally Regulated Private Pension Plans [OSFI]
Questions and Answers on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit [Government of Canada]
Backgrounder: Support to Canadians and businesses affected by COVID-19 [Government of Canada]
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) [Government of Canada]
Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan [Government of Canada]
OSFI Actions to Address Issues Stemming from COVID-19 [OSFI]
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) [Health Canada]
COVID-19 Spring 2020 Notices [Employment and Social Development Canada]
Provincial Government Resources
Saskatchewan
Phase 2 of Vaccine Delivery Plan Launches, Special Vaccination Leave Introduced [Government of Saskatchewan]
Ensuring Job Protection for Employees Accessing Benefits Under the Federal Recovery Program [Government of Saskatchewan]
Quebec
COVID-19 vaccination passport [Government of Quebec]
Ordering of measures to protect the health of the population amid the COVID-19 pandemic situation [Government of Québec]
Draft Regulation: Measures related to supplemental pension plans to reduce the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic [Government of Québec]
Ontario
Infectious disease emergency leave [Government of Ontario]
Ontario Makes COVID-19 Vaccination Policies Mandatory for High-Risk Settings [Government of Ontario]
Ontario Building On Supports for Employers During COVID-19 [Government of Ontario]
Ontario Launches Workplace Education and Enforcement Campaigns [Government of Ontario]
Temporary Relief Measures Help Support Stability and Sustainabilty of Ontario’s Employers [FSRA Ontario]
Ontario Extends Support for Employers and Employees Impacted by COVID-19 [Government of Ontario]
Develop your COVID-19 workplace safety plan [Government of Ontario]
Nova Scotia
Support for Nova Scotians, businesses and health care [Government of Nova Scotia]
Manitoba
Healthy Hire Manitoba Program [Government of Manitoba]
Manitoba Government Introduces Paid Leave for COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments [Government of Manitoba]
Special Payments Moratorium Regulation [Government of Manitoba]
Back to Work in Manitoba Wage Subsidy Program [Government of Manitoba]
British Columbia
A human rights approach to proof of vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic [British Columbia's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner]
Taking unexpected time off [Government of British Columbia]
Alberta
Providing paid COVID-19 vaccination leave [Government of Alberta]
EPPA Update 20-04 - Additional COVID-19 Relief Measures [Alberta Superintendent of Pensions]
EPPA Update 20-03 - Additional COVID-19 Relief [Alberta Superintendent of Pensions]
EPPA Update 20-01: COVID-19 Relief Measures [Alberta Superintendent of Pensions]
Provincial Health Websites
Alberta, British Columbia,
Manitoba,
New Brunswick,
Newfoundland and Labrador,
Northwest Territories,
Nova Scotia,
Nunavut,
Ontario,
Prince Edward Island,
Québec,
Saskatchewan,
Yukon