BLG is committed to keeping you informed on the business issues emerging from COVID-19. Below are the latest legal and regulatory updates organized by area/industry for easy reference.
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COVID-19: Breaking developments and essential resources
- Mandatory vaccination in businesses: developments in Ontario and Québec – and the road ahead — March 8, 2022
- New Critical Worker Exemption in Alberta allows workers with COVID-19 to attend work — January 13, 2022
- Ontario court rejects injunction request brought by employees against COVID-19 vaccine policy — November 4, 2021
- WorkSafeBC – COVID-19 safety plans to communicable disease prevention in the workplace — July 5, 2021
- Infectious disease emergency leave and common law constructive dismissal claims — May 7, 2021
- COVID-19 and claiming home office expenses for employees — March 19, 2021
- The right to bare arms: Considerations for COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace — February 17, 2021
- The COVID 19 vaccine: Considerations for Canadian employers — February 9, 2021
- Canadian government updates COVID-19 travel restrictions — February 5, 2021
- Negative COVID-19 test required for those flying to Canada — January 6, 2021
- Mandatory COVID-19 testing found reasonable in Ontario care home — December 17, 2020
- When your employees work outside Canada: Income tax help for Canadian employers — November 30, 2020
- When your employees work in Canada: Income tax help for non-Canadian employers — November 30, 2020
- Can a Québec employer force employees to get the future COVID-19 vaccination? — October 5, 2020
- CRA consults stakeholders on employee work-from-home expense deduction — September 14, 2020
- CERB and EI changes: What employers and workers need to know — August 31, 2020
- COVID-19 - Provincial and territorial action plans for reopening — July 31, 2020 (latest update)
- Substantial changes announced to the CEWS program — July 17, 2020
- Mandatory masks and face coverings: What Québec employers need to know — July 15, 2020
- COVID-19 and an employee's right to refuse work — July 6, 2020
- Back to business with BLG: Maximizing intellectual property — June 19, 2020
- Virtual workplace investigations: The “next normal” - Postponing the investigation vs. proceeding by virtual means — June 18, 2020
- COVID-19 - Provincial and territorial action plans for reopening — July 30, 2020
- COVID-19: Guidance for Canadian employers on reopening retail stores — June 9, 2020
- COVID-19 en milieu de travail : les conséquences pour l’employeur qui n’assure pas un environnement sécuritaire à ses travailleurs — June 5, 2020 (In French)
- Ontario government addresses temporary layoffs during the COVID-19 period — June 2, 2020
- Federal Government encouraging provinces to recognize 10-Day paid sick leave — May 27, 2020
- COVID-19: Key considerations for U.S. companies in Canada — May 14, 2020
- Coming out of the COVID-19 lockdown: issues and challenges facing Canadian employers — April 29, 2020
- Canada emergency wage subsidy: Summary & practical guide for employers — April 13, 2020
- COVID-19 legal perspectives: Business risks and business management — April 13, 2020
- Emergency legislative amendments to support Alberta’s oil and gas sector — April 8, 2020
- New COVID-19 wage subsidies for Canadian employers — April 3, 2020
- COVID-19 Legal Perspectives: Workplace issues — April 1, 2020
- COVID-19 Plan administration issues: Actions from Federal and Ontario Pension Regulators — April 1, 2020
- COVID-19: issues for the Canadian oil & gas industry — March 30, 2020
- Employers and the COVID-19 Federal Emergency Response Act — March 26, 2020
- “Priority commercial enterprises”: What should you do if employees exercise their right of refusal on account of COVID-19? — March 25, 2020
- COVID-19: Ontario government passes new emergency leave legislation — March 20, 2020
- COVID-19 and Alberta employer obligations — March 20, 2020
- Canada to restrict entry of most foreign travellers in response to COVID-19 — March 17, 2020
- COVID-19 and the workplace: FAQs for employers — March 16, 2020
- Managing the risks of novel coronavirus in schools — March 10, 2020
- Employer strategies for managing novel coronavirus risks in the workplace — March 3, 2020
- Novel Coronavirus outbreak: Legal and practical insights and perspectives — January 30, 2020
- Réclamations pour interruptions des affaires en contexte de COVID-19 : une première décision canadienne en appel — December 7, 2021 (in French)
- Ontario court rejects injunction request brought by employees against COVID-19 vaccine policy — November 4, 2021
- Ontario’s expanded COVID-19 enforcement order and random police stop powers — April 22, 2021
- Court defers to COVID-19 regulations in Hudson’s Bay v. Ontario — April 7, 2021
- Managing the privacy risks of virtual health care — March 12, 2021
- Achieving clarity in contracts and arbitration agreements — February 25, 2021
- Investigation and enforcement powers under Ontario's new "stay-at-home" order — January 15, 2021
- Ontario passes Bill 218 to provide COVID-19 liability protection — December 16, 2020
- COVID-19 2020 year-end class actions update and forecast — November 27, 2020
- Decision to strike jury due to COVID-19 upheld by Court of Appeal — October 29, 2020
- Virtual discoveries 101: Eight tips for the COVID-19 age — July 30, 2020
- Game On: Reopening sports and recreation during COVID-19 — June 5, 2020
- Climate change litigation and disclosure implications during COVID-19 — June 5, 2020
- COVID-19, sports and waivers: How to limit the risk of legal liability in the “new normal” — May 19, 2020
- COVID-19 Legal Perspectives: Virtual Disputes: Changes, Options and Best Practices — May 13, 2020
- Product advertising and marketing in the time of COVID-19 — May 8, 2020
- Virtual disputes: Best practices and benefits — May 4, 2020
- Corporate communications with government in the pandemic: Maintaining compliance with lobbying laws — April 30, 2020
- COVID-19 privacy considerations for Ontario's health care sector — April 22, 2020
- Court defers to hospital’s decision-making during pandemic — April 22, 2020
- Operators’ remedies in uncertain economic times — April 21, 2020
- Canadian oil and gas: Non-operators' remedies — April 17, 2020
- COVID-19: The exceptional right to renegotiate the terms of a contract in the absence of a force majeure — April 14, 2020
- Timelines for Alberta builders’ liens during the COVID-19 state of emergency — April 13, 2020
- COVID-19 class actions forecast — April 13, 2020
- COVID-19: Shareholder and corporate disputes — April 13, 2020
- COVID-19 medical devices and implications for Québec sellers and importers — April 9, 2020
- 3D printing during COVID-19 — April 6, 2020
- Dispute management during COVID-19: Moving from litigation to arbitration — March 30, 2020
- COVID-19: Issues for the Canadian oil & gas industry — March 30, 2020
- Virtual and hybrid shareholder meetings in response to COVID-19 — March 26, 2020
- Canadian ports remain open amidst COVID-19 pandemic — March 25, 2020
- Suspension of limitation periods and procedural timelines during COVID-19 in Canada — March 24, 2020
- COVID-19: Is your company insured for business interruptions? — March 23, 2020
- CSA's response to COVID-19 disruption to financial market participants — March 19, 2020
- COVID-19 update from IIROC and the MFDA — March 18, 2020
- Coronavirus and criminal law: What you need to know — March 12, 2020
- Contractual risks amid the COVID-19 outbreak — March 11, 2020
- Transaction considerations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic — January 22, 2021
- CRA moves forward with international audits despite continued backlog — January 20, 2021
- Valuation issues and nil Premium transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic — November 10, 2020
- M&A considerations for companies in financial distress — October 21, 2020
- M&A board considerations for acquirors — September 23, 2020
- Investment Management: COVID-19 and Beyond — June 16, 2020
- Ontario amends Emergency Order to provide corporations with additional relief and clarity for delayed and virtual AGMs — May 5, 2020
- The impact of COVID-19 on M&A transactions — April 30, 2020
- Client-focused registrant reform deadlines postponed due to COVID-19 — April 20, 2020
- COVID-19: Seven things directors should consider in a crisis — April 17, 2020
- Welcome to the cash machine: The rising popularity of ATMs in Canada — April 15, 2020
- COVID-19 and corporate governance: leading proxy advisors weigh in — April 7, 2020
- Share buybacks during COVID-19: Considerations for public companies — April 7, 2020
- Virtual and hybrid shareholder meetings in response to COVID-19 — March 26, 2020
- CSA's response to COVID-19 disruption to financial market participants — March 19, 2020 (updated June 1, 2020)
- COVID-19 update from IIROC and the MFDA — March 18, 2020
- Novel coronavirus and the impact on public disclosure requirements — March 10, 2020
- Ontario extends temporary suspension period to May 31, 2021 to allow for virtual AGMs — October 22, 2020 (updated April 26, 2021)
- CRA consults stakeholders on employee work-from-home expense deduction — September 14, , 2020
- COVID-19 - Provincial and territorial action plans for reopening — July 31, 2020 (latest update)
- Refunds and returns in the COVID-19 era — July 24, 2020
- Reopening dental practices during COVID-19 — June 17, 2020
- COVID-19 Emergency Financing - An overview of CEBA and LEEFF — May 22, 2020
- Electronic meetings of local government bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic — May 21, 2020
- Ontario amends Emergency Order to provide corporations with additional relief and clarity for delayed and virtual AGMs — May 8, 2020
- Virtual disputes: Best practices and benefits — May 4, 2020
- The impact of COVID-19 on M&A transactions — April 30, 2020
- New details about the planned transparency register for B.C. companies — April 21, 2020
- COVID-19: Seven things directors should consider in a crisis — April 17, 2020
- Governance advice during COVID-19 — April 14, 2020
- COVID-19: Shareholder and corporate disputes — April 13, 2020
- Ontario extends annual shareholder meeting dates and allows virtual meetings during state of emergency — April 9, 2020
- Emergency legislative amendments to support Alberta’s oil and gas sector — April 8, 2020
- COVID-19: Raising capital in the current Canadian private market — March 31, 2020
- COVID-19: issues for the Canadian oil & gas industry — March 30, 2020
- COVID-19: Is your company insured for business interruptions? — March 23, 2020
- Coronavirus and criminal law: What you need to know — March 12, 2020
- Ontario COVID-19 commission suggests public-private LTC model in final report — July 5, 2021
- Covid-19, One Year Later: Legal perspectives — June 1, 2021
- Managing the privacy risks of virtual health care — March 12, 2021
- Ontario hospital visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic: December 2020 update — December 17, 2020
- Mandatory COVID-19 testing found reasonable in Ontario care home — December 17, 2020
- Virtual discoveries 101: Eight tips for the COVID-19 age — July 30, 2020
- Product advertising and marketing in the time of COVID-19 — May 8, 2020
- Court defers to hospital’s decision-making during pandemic — April 22, 2020
- COVID-19 privacy considerations for Ontario's health care sector — April 22, 2020
- COVID-19 medical devices and implications for Québec sellers and importers — April 9, 2020
- 3D printing during COVID-19 — April 6, 2020
- Spotlight on medical devices in the age of COVID-19 — April 2, 2020
- COVID-19 Emergency Response Act and IP Rights — March 26, 2020
- Novel Coronavirus outbreak: Legal and practical insights and perspectives — January 30, 2020
- Tenant bankruptcies in the COVID-19 era: tenant bankruptcy and letters of credit — March 25, 2021
- Federal government announces low-interest loans for businesses hit hard by COVID-19 — January 28, 2021
- Ontario declares second state of emergency, issues stay-at-home order — January 13, 2021
- COVID-19 and Ontario mortgage enforcement practices — November 17, 2020
- New Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) Program — November 4, 2020 (updated November 23, 2020)
- Details announced on the Canada emergency rent subsidy — October 9, 2020
- Tenant bankruptcies in the COVID-19 era: Security deposits, prepaid rent and distress rights — September 15, 2020
- COVID-19 Renders “Peaceful Enjoyment” impossible and relieves tenant from obligation to pay rent — July 23, 2020
- Development approvals during the COVID-19 pandemic — June 15, 2020
- Electronic meetings of local government bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic — May 21, 2020
- Details announced on the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program — May 20, 2020
- Managing COVID-19 and its fallout — May 6, 2020
- COVID-19: Seven things directors should consider in a crisis — April 17, 2020
- COVID-19: issues for the Canadian oil & gas industry — March 30, 2020
- Rent deferment agreements in light of COVID-19 — March 27, 2020
- COVID-19 and the landlord/tenant relationship — March 20, 2020
- COVID-19 - Provincial and territorial action plans for reopening — July 31, 2020 (latest update)
- Constructing in a COVID-19 world: looking forward — May 5, 2020
- Timelines for Alberta builders’ liens during the COVID-19 state of emergency — April 13, 2020
- Contractual risks amid the COVID-19 outbreak — March 11, 2020
- Understanding PFAS in Canada: An emerging risk — December 17, 2020
- Climate change litigation and disclosure implications during COVID-19 — June 5, 2020
- COVID-19 and your environmental obligations – Cross-country update — April 9, 2020
- COVID-19 and your environmental obligations — March 31, 2020
- Canadian energy oil and gas: Top 20 of 2020 - Regulatory decisions — February 16, 2021
- Canadian energy oil and gas: Top 20 of 2020 - Judicial decisions — February 10, 2021
- Department of Finance proposes relaxed flow-through share rules — August 18, 2020
- Climate change litigation and disclosure implications during COVID-19 — June 5, 2020
- Operators’ remedies in uncertain economic times — April 21, 2020
- Canadian oil and gas: Non-operators' remedies — April 17, 2020
- Emergency legislative amendments to support Alberta’s oil and gas sector — April 8, 2020
- COVID-19: issues for the Canadian oil & gas industry — March 30, 2020
- Tenant bankruptcies in the COVID-19 era: tenant bankruptcy and letters of credit — March 25, 2021
- Peaks and valleys: MEC’S struggle to survive in a hostile retail market — December 2, 2020
- COVID-19 and Ontario mortgage enforcement practices — November 17, 2020
- Tenant bankruptcies in the COVID-19 era: Security deposits, prepaid rent and distress rights — September 15, 2020
- Managing COVID-19 and its fallout — May 6, 2020
- The Economic Impact of COVID-19: Practical strategies for Canadian businesses — March 31, 2020
- COVID-19: issues for the Canadian oil & gas industry — March 31, 2020
- Insolvency: Warning signs of financial distress — March 31, 2020
- CRA updates to COVID-19 relief guidelines and travel restrictions — May 6, 2021
- COVID-19 and claiming home office expenses for employees — March 19, 2021
- CRA moves forward with international audits despite continued backlog — January 20, 2021
- CRA releases improved guidelines for employee home office expense deductions — December 15, 2020
- When your employees work outside Canada: Income tax help for Canadian employers — November 30, 2020
- When your employees work in Canada: Income tax help for non-Canadian employers — November 30, 2020
- CRA audit activities for COVID-19 financial relief programs — November 2, 2020
- CRA consults stakeholders on employee work-from-home expense deduction — September 14, 2020
- The Sensor: Raising financing during turbulent times: The takeaways — August 27, 2020
- Department of Finance proposes relaxed flow-through share rules — August 18, 2020
- 2020’s economic and fiscal snapshot reveals no new taxes – for now — July 20, 2020
- Substantial changes announced to the CEWS program — July 17, 2020
- COVID-19: Key considerations for U.S. companies in Canada — May 14, 2020
- Help may be on the way: Deduction of home office expenses for employees required to work from home — May 1, 2020 (updated July 31, 2020)
- Latest developments on FACTA and CRS compliance — April 30, 2020
- Virtual witnessing of wills and powers of attorney — April 14, 2020
- Canada emergency wage subsidy: Summary & practical guide for employers — April 13, 2020
- New COVID-19 wage subsidies for Canadian employers — April 3, 2020
- COVID-19: Top five tax questions for individuals and businesses answered — March 19, 2020
- Federal government introduces COVID-19 Economic Response Plan — March 19, 2020
- Ontario extends temporary suspension period to allow virtual AGMs for Corporations Act companies — October 23, 2020
- Charities and Not-for-Profit COVID-19 Update — May 21, 2020
- Governance advice during COVID-19 — April 14, 2020
- Ontario charities: Accessing restricted funds during the COVID-19 pandemic — April 1, 2020
- Corporations Canada issues guidelines for AGMs during COVID-19 — March 27, 2020
- Charities Directorate response to COVID-19 — March 25, 2020
- Failing firm is not enough: Competition Bureau outlines approach to acquisitions of failing businesses — April 30, 2020
- Government announces “enhanced scrutiny” of foreign investments as a result of COVID-19 — April 21, 2020
- Competition Bureau addresses COVID-19 competitor collaborations — April 9, 2020
- Price gouging in a pandemic – What Canadian provinces are doing to stop it — April 6, 2020
- Managing the privacy risks of virtual health care — March 12, 2021
- Information privacy and security in a virtual learning world — November 16, 2020
- “Schrems II”: Impacts on agreements involving processing personal data outside the EEA — 30 juillet 2020 (en anglais)
- Canadian Privacy Commissioner guidance for videoconferencing — May 11, 2020
- Cybersecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic — April 28, 2020
- COVID-19 class actions forecast — April 13, 2020
- Managing privacy and cyber risks during a pandemic — March 30, 2020
- New COVID law allows delays in trade remedy proceedings, risks WTO violations — August 13, 2020
- 3D printing in the time of COVID-19: A triad of legal perspectives — May 28, 2020
- Customs planning during COVID-19: CBSA updates — March 25, 2020
- Ontario won't require student immunization against COVID-19 — November 4, 2021
- Changes to COVID-19 safety requirements: Takeaways for Ontario employers & schools — October 7, 2020
- Ontario Ministry of Education releases operational guidance for managing COVID-19 cases — September 2, 2020
- Ontario educational institutions: COVID-19 and the close contact problem — August 26, 2020
- Canada-wide summary of COVID-19 education updates — July 31, 2020 (latest update)
- Federal financial institutions legislative and regulatory reporter – November 2020 — December 18, 2020
- When your employees work outside Canada: Income tax help for Canadian employers — November 30, 2020
- When your employees work in Canada: Income tax help for non-Canadian employers — 30 novembre 2020
- COVID-19 and Ontario mortgage enforcement practices — November 17, 2020
- 2020 Spotlight on alternative mutual funds – opportunities ahead — September 10, 2020
- Investment Management: COVID-19 and Beyond — June 16, 2020
- COVID-19 Emergency Financing - An overview of CEBA and LEEFF — May 22, 2020
- Current considerations for PE-Backed companies beyond MAC and force majeure clauses — May 21, 2020
- Medtech funding in Canada: Challenges and opportunities — October 15, 2020
COVID-19: Breaking developments and essential resources
Stay up-to-date on how your business may be affected by COVID-19 with breaking developments across Canada, as well as resources for various sectors from all levels of government.
One year after the pandemic began, we share our learnings and our plans to continue to support companies in preparing for what comes next.
Lawyers from BLG’s Labour & Employment Group addressed workplace issues related to COVID-19 to help businesses through and beyond this crisis.
BLG’s subject matter experts from key areas addressed common questions to help businesses through and beyond this crisis.
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