Ontario's stay-at-home order restricts people from leaving their home for work purposes unless the nature of their work requires them to be onsite, explained Hilary Page, a lawyer with SpringLaw in Toronto. If a business remains open, employers should ensure everyone stays safe and in compliance with the law.
"This reality is here to stay when the company's activities allow it." "Companies in Canada that still don't have a telework policy should make sure to work on it now," noted Geneviève Lord, human resources manager of people and culture at Pvisio, an HR consultancy in Montreal. "We must continue to limit close contact to our immediate households and stay at home except for essential reasons."Įmployees in both provinces have reverted to working from home during the winter months except for workers who must be physically present in the office, employment lawyers from Ontario and Quebec said. David Williams, Ontario's chief medical officer. "This is not a reopening or a 'return to normal,' " said Dr. Health officials reiterated they will reimpose restrictions if cases-especially the new variants of the novel coronavirus-spike. In Quebec, the slight easing of restrictions has included allowing swimming pools and arenas to partially reopen for family bubbles and individual activities but not for organized activities such as hockey, reported the Montreal Gazette. But there has been some opposition to easing restrictions in some regions of Ontario, particularly given fears over COVID-19 variants in Toronto and Peel, Ontario, according to Global News. The phased reopening of the economy was to start in four regions of Ontario where transmission of COVID-19 was lowest, reported the National Post. For this reason, Ontario and Quebec governments began to ease COVID-19 restrictions as of February. Ontario issued a stay-at-home order, while Quebec introduced a night curfew to curb community spread.Īs a result, daily case numbers in both provinces decreased. These record-high, single-day case numbers spurred public health officers in each province to action in December 2020. Thousands of people in Ontario and Quebec tested positive for COVID-19 per day during the pandemic's second wave. Ontario and Quebec both moved into provincewide lockdowns before the start of 2021 to minimize transmission of the COVID-19 virus.
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