A new school year has begun and the days already seem to be getting shorter. Soon leaves will turn and change from green to the beautiful colours of fall. Thought will turn to family gatherings and traditions for Thanksgiving, and to costumes and candies for Halloween. But with October upon us, employers must also turn their mind to several changes in the law which directly impact them.
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On July 24, 2020, the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, came into force. This Act ended the COVID-19 declaration of emergency in Ontario (while providing for the extension of particular Orders made pursuant to the Declaration), effective that day. On September 3, 2020, the government extended the deemed Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (deemed “IDEL”) under the ESA Regulation to January 2, 2021. It had previously been set to expire on September 4, 2020.