Vaccine Resources
Legal decisions on mandatory coronavirus vaccination policies favouring employers [Benefits Canada]
Feds consider definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ in review of federal worker mandate [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]
Responding to Requests for Religious Exemptions to Vaccination Policies [Bennett Jones]
Emerging Case Law Regarding the Enforcement of Vaccination Policies [Aird Berlis]
Can employers require employees to be “booster vaccinated” in Canada? [Norton Rose Fulbright]
Employment Update: When Can Employers Provide an Exemption to COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Requirements? [Blaney McMurtry]
Updated Guidance on How Employers Should Fill Out Records of Employment During COVID-19 Pandemic [Littler]
Vaccination Mandates in the Construction Industry – What You Need to Know [McMillan]
Mandatory Vaccination Requirements Imminent for Federal Public Servants, Federally Regulated Transportation Sector, and Travellers [Mathews Dinsdale]
Mandatory vaccinations in the workplace: Considerations for employers [Miller Thomson]
Top privacy concerns around mandatory vaccines [Canadian HR Reporter]
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 Policies: Considerations for Employers [Cox & Palmer]
Mandatory Vaccination and Your Workplace [Torkin Manes]
How to encourage vaccine hesitant employees to get the shot [Benefits Canada]
Protecting workers and employers: COVID-19 vaccination and the workplace [DLA Piper]
10 COVID-19 Workplace Vaccination Policy Tips [McInnes Cooper]
Ontario government provides information about employer-operated COVID-19 vaccination clinics [Miller Thomson]
Adverse Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Compensable Under Workers’ Compensation [Fasken]
Etiquette for asking if your employees are vaccinated [Canadian Underwriter]
Mandatory Vaccination and Your Workplace [Torkin Manes]
Vaccines in the Workplace - Top Questions Employers Are Asking [McCarthy Tetrault]
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]
Vaccine Passports
Vaccine passports start today: What employers need to know [Human Resources Director]
Do employees need vaccine passports? [Canadian HR Reporter]
Ontario Chamber of Commerce presents Vax-Pass Tenets [Ontario Chamber of Commerce]
Vaccine Passports and Privacy in Canada [MLT Aikins]
Proof of vaccination: privacy considerations for businesses [Torys LLP]
Provincial Vaccine Mandates
Numerous Provinces Announce the End of Provincial Vaccine Mandates, What Does This Mean for the Future? [McCarthy Tetrault]
B.C. finalizes vaccine mandate for workers [Canadian HR Reporter]
COVID-19 Vaccines Will Be Mandatory For Quebec Health Care Workers [MTL Blog]
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination for Many Manitoba Front-Line Employees [MLT Aikins]
Ontario makes COVID-19 vaccination policies mandatory for high-risk settings [Miller Thomson]
The Federal Government and British Columbia Announces Mandatory Vaccinations [McMillan]
British Columbia Office of the Human Rights Commissioner Provides Guidance to Employers on Vaccination Status Policies [Littler]
Federal Government Resources
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]
COVID-19 Screening Tool for Workplaces (Businesses and Organizations) [Ontario Ministry of Health]
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]
Pension Sector Emergency Management Response [FSRA Ontario]
Nova Scotia
Support for Nova Scotians, businesses and health care [Government of Nova Scotia]
Northwest Territories
GNWT extends NWT Wage Top Up program for low income workers through September [Government of Northwest Territories]
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
Taking unexpected time off [Government of British Columbia]
COVID-19: Relief Measures for Pension Plans in British Columbia [BC Financial Services Authority]
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