by Alliance | Aug 12, 2020 | Picture
Many small businesses across Ontario and the rest of Canada are gradually adjusting to re-opening. New challenges and problems are cropping up for local businesses every day: how to space out or schedule staff, how to make sure there is enough hand sanitizer and face...
by Alliance | Jun 24, 2020 | Picture
Employees across Canada have been impacted inequitably by COVID-19. Many of us have been shocked to learn that huge numbers of essential workers don’t have paid sick days, including – shockingly – thousands of frontline healthcare workers. The evidence...
by Alliance | May 13, 2020 | Picture
Even as we’ve been figuring out a “new normal” since the start of COVID-19, decent work businesses are thinking about how to be a good employer during a crisis. After all, when we open up again, we want our staff to be financially secure. And we want...
by Alliance | Apr 9, 2020 | Picture
We are facing a huge public health and economic crisis, and we need commercial rent relief now. For the most part, small businesses are not in a position to take on more debt or benefit from tax deferrals. Reductions in property taxes are not a solution, for the...
by Alliance | Mar 30, 2020 | Picture
The news changes day by day, but here’s what we know about help for small businesses during COVID-19 as of June 12, 2020. Help with staffing costs while business slows down 1. Wage subsidies – 75% CEWS and 10% CRA subsidy The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)...
Recent Comments