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COVID-19: Small Business Relief
Bryan & Company has long been committed to providing exceptional service to business owners in Western Canada. In response to a number of inquiries received since the onset of the current COVID-19 pandemic, this memorandum is intended to provide distilled information that can be used at a glance to inform yourself and your business of available relief measures and programs.
Summary of Employment Law Restated By Supreme Court of Canada in Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd.
Last updated Jan 4, 2021 The Supreme Court of Canada recently revisited the foundational principles of employment law in the context of constructive dismissal in Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26 [“Matthews”].
COVID-19: Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (“CERS”) Program
Last updated December 23, 2020 In response to a number of inquiries received since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, this memorandum is intended to provide distilled information that can be used at a glance to inform yourself and your business.
COVID-19: Small Business Relief
Bryan & Company has long been committed to providing exceptional service to business owners in Western Canada. In response to a number of inquiries received since the onset of the current COVID-19 pandemic, this memorandum is intended to provide distilled information that can be used ‘at a glance’ to inform yourself and your business of available relief measures and programs.
COVID-19: Residential Tenancies
On March 27, 2017, the Alberta Provincial Government announced new restriction on landlords in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to protect tenants, many of whom are facing reduced incomes through layoffs or cuts to their employment hours.
COVID-19: Wills and Estates
In these uncertain times, there is an interest in ensuring that people are prepared and proactive in handling their estate. Our Wills & Estates team is working hard to ensure that we are able to meet clients’ needs for a valid will, trusts, enduring power of attorney and personal directives, in addition to other succession planning measures.
COVID-19: Family Law Update
In these uncertain times, we understand that parents who are continuing to co-parent in a shared parenting or joint parenting regime are faced with new and increased fears and challenges in parenting young children.
SUBP (Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Plans): A Layoff Option
A Supplementary Unemployment Benefits (“SUB”) Plan is a plan, approved by Service Canada, which allows an employer to top up an employee’s EI benefits during periods of unemployment due to one of or a combination of the following three legislatively permitted types of unemployment: Temporary stoppage of work, Training, and/or Illness, injury or quarantine.
COVID-19: Occupational Health & Safety (OHS)
In Alberta, the Occupational Health & Safety Act (the “Act”) governs the obligations of employers and employees with respect to safe working environments. The following article sets out obligations of employers and employees in Alberta under the Act, in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic.