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• Ontario Calls on all Health Care Workers to Help Fight COVID-19

  April 7, 2020 1:15 P.M.

  TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking further action to stop the spread of COVID-19 by actively recruiting health care workers to increase the frontline capacity of hospitals, clinics, a...

  News release | Office of the Premier

• Ontario Protecting Vulnerable Ontarians During COVID-19 Outbreak

  April 4, 2020 3:00 P.M.

  TORONTO — As part of the Government of Ontario’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, the province is investing up to $40 million to support organizations that provide resident...

  News release | Children, Community and Social Services

• Ontario Stepping Up Measures to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 on Construction Sites

  March 29, 2020 1:00 P.M.

  TORONTO — Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, issued the following statement today regarding health and safety on construction site...

  Statement | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• UPDATED: Ontario Enabling Financial Relief for Businesses

  March 26, 2020 3:20 P.M.

  TORONTO - The Ontario Government is enabling $1.9 billion in relief for employers to reduce the financial strain on business brought on by COVID-19. The measure, which will run through the Workplac...

  News release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Ontario Enabling Financial Relief for Businesses

  March 26, 2020 12:30 P.M.

  TORONTO - The Ontario Government is enabling $1.9 billion in relief for employers to reduce the financial strain on business brought on by COVID-19. The measure, which will run through the Workp...

  News release | Labour, Training and Skills Development

• Employment Standards Amendment Act (Infectious Disease Emergencies), 2020

  March 19, 2020 2:25 P.M.

  The Ontario Legislature has passed the Employment Standards Amendment Act (Infectious Disease Emergencies), 2020 to provide job-protected leave to employees in isolation or quara...

  Backgrounder | Office of the Premier

• Ontario Supporting Workers, Municipalities and Retailers in Response to COVID-19

  March 19, 2020 2:25 P.M.

  TORONTO ― Today, the Ontario government took unprecedented action to respond to COVID-19 by convening an emergency sitting of the legislature and passing two pieces of legislation which will pro...

  News release | Office of the Premier

• Electronic Press Kit Now Available: Premier Ford Announces Job Protection for Workers during the COVID-19 Situation

  March 16, 2020 5:15 P.M.

  Media advisory | Office of the Premier

• Premier Ford Announces Job Protection for Workers during the COVID-19 Situation

  March 16, 2020 11:15 A.M.

  TORONTO — Ontario is acting immediately to protect workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Today, Premier Doug Ford and Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, anno...

  News release | Office of the Premier

• Job Protection for Workers during the COVID-19 Situation

  March 16, 2020 11:15 A.M.

  Today, the government announced it intends to introduce legislation that, if passed, would immediately provide job-protected leave to employees in isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19, or th...

  Backgrounder | Office of the Premier