On March 18, 2020, the governments of Canada and the United States announced they will be closing the border between the two countries for all non-essential travel.
The Ontario government intends to introduce legislation that, if passed, would immediately provide job-protected leave to employees in isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19, or those who need to be away from work to care for children due to closures.
The following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are designed to address some of the more common questions that employers with operations in Canada currently face.
This Insight article outlines the Canadian health authority’s travel recommendations in light of the current health crisis, and provides an overview of Canadian employment laws that might be implicated should the coronavirus reach the workplace.
