Ask The Expert: Can You Ban Employee Travel During COVID-19?
You can’t keep employees from defying COVID travel guidelines, but you needn’t pay them if they have to go into self-isolation as a result. QUESTION Can we ban employees from travelling outside […]
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COVID-19 Testing Requirement For Land Entries To Canada
As has almost become a weekly segment for the Moodys Tax blog, the following addresses new COVID-related requirements for entry to Canada. In a previous blog, we provided guidance on the requirement […]
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COVID-19: What Could The Taylor Decision Mean For Interprovincial Travel?
What You Need to Know Talk of travel restrictions, at both the federal and provincial levels, is intensifying as COVID-19 infections continue to rise and new variants generate increasing concerns for […]
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Canada Introduces Stricter Restrictions On International Travel
During a January 28, 2021 news conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced stricter rules for travellers entering Canada from international destinations. These measures are intended to deter non-essential international travel by both […]
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Negative COVID-19 Test Required For International Travel To Canada
The novel COVID-19 pandemic first began impacting parts of Canada in March of 2020. With a vaccine to the deadly virus being rolled out throughout Canada, many had hoped that […]
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Canada Extends Coronavirus International Travel Restrictions Into 2021
Canada has extended international travel restrictions in place due to coronavirus until January 21, 2021, while also introducing a mechanism to allow international amateur athletes to have their applications to […]
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Ask The Expert: When Employees Travel Without Company Approval
Employees who must self-isolate after returning from unauthorized travel aren’t entitled to pay. QUESTION We implemented new policies asking employees not to do any non-essential traveling outside Canada for personal reasons. One […]
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Compliance Cheat Sheet: How to Create a Pandemic Business Travel Safety Policy
Although the pandemic has changed the face of business travel, it hasn’t done away with the need to engage in it. What’s needed is a new kind of policy enabling […]
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Pandemic Business Travel Safety Policy
During times of pandemic, business travel should be restricted and allowed only for essential business that must be done in-person and can’t be delayed until the pandemic ends. Employers also […]
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Back to Work: The Future of the Workplace Post COVID-19
Date: May 27, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT Presenter: Anthony Panacci, Associate, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP About the Webinar While provinces continue to operate under a state of emergency, employers […]
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COVID-19 and Public Health Emergency Leave Rights Across Canada
13 jurisdictions have adopted unpaid leave to protect the jobs of employees who can’t work due to COVID-19 Employees who get infected, go into self-isolation, get stuck at home caring […]
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Temporary Suspension of Nonessential Business Travel Memo
Frankly, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is not a reason we want to be talking about remote work. We’ve hesitated entering into the now trending conversation, as it’s a serious issue that […]
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Notice To Employees on US Travel Ban (Version for Companies in US)
Introduction: How to Use This Tool Whether it’s legal, moral or wise, one thing about the new US travel ban that can’t be denied is that it takes effect on March […]
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Notice to Employees on US Travel Ban (Version for Companies in Canada)
Introduction: How to Use This Tool Whether it’s legal, moral or wise, one thing about the new US travel ban that can’t be denied is that it takes effect on March […]
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Employee Screening During COVID-19
Employers can screen employees wishing to enter the workplace if they determine screening is necessary to meet the occupational health and safety obligation to provide a safe workplace. Employers can require […]
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Travel Expense Report
Use this spreadsheet to create a travel expense report for employees traveling each period.
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Business Travel Expense Log
Use this spreadsheet to keep track of employee’s travel expenses by trip and date.
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Managing Privacy and Cyber Risks During a Pandemic
In a recent announcement, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) reaffirmed its commitment to protecting Canadians' privacy during the COVID-19 outbreak, stating that, "[d]uring a public health […]
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COVID-19 Update: Summary of Federal Measures for Canadians
Canadian employers and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most notably, it introduced the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, which will cover up to 75 percent of an employer’s remuneration costs. Over the […]
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Ontario Introduces New “Infectious Disease” Leave Of Absence
On March 19, 2020, the Ontario Government introduced Bill 186 (An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000) (the “Infectious Disease Leave Amendment”) to introduce a new job protected unpaid […]
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How to Work When Nothing Is Working: Canadian Employment Law And COVID-19
As with the rest of the world, Canadian employers are confronting unprecedented challenges in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Employers are now tasked with navigating a mix of […]
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B.C. Introduces Two New Categories Of Job Protected Leave: Illness Or Injury Leave And COVID-19-Related Leave
On March 23, 2020, the Government of British Columbia introduced and passed Bill 16–2020: Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), which amends the Employment Standards Act to include three days of unpaid leave for personal […]
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Vacation Waiver Request Form
PROBLEM: Letting your employees trade accrued vacation time for extra pay can be a mutually beneficial arrangement. For the employee, it means extra cash in the bank; for your part, it’s […]
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Travel Policy For Non-Exempt Employees
The purpose of this policy is to outline pay rules that apply to nonexempt employees when traveling on company business. Employees in positions classified as nonexempt (overtime eligible) may be eligible […]
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Travel Policy For Executive Employees
Due to the significant travel expectations of executive employees, this policy outlines the travel guidelines for company officers in addition to the general travel expense policy.
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Travel Policy
The purposes of this policy are to: explain which expenses will be reimbursed and how; and give instructions to employees to track their expenses when travelling and submit receipts on […]
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Employee Use of Company Vehicles Policy
INTRODUCTION If you rely on or allow your workers to drive company vehicles, you should implement a policy setting out the groundrules to ensure safe and proper use and manage the […]
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Company Vehicle Use Policy
The company provides vehicles for business use to allow employees to drive on company-designated business and to reimburse employees for business use of personal vehicles according to the guidelines below. […]
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Policy on Business Travel Expenses
The purpose of the policy is as follows: With respect to employee business expenses, to establish an uniform method of reporting, charging, reimbursing and accounting. to identify those allowable expenses […]
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Business Travel & Expense Policy
While business travel reimbursement policies are a must for any organization, the rules are dictated not by legal but business considerations and vary significantly by company. The following Model covers […]
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