Employment and Immigration for frontline workers during COVID-19 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Employment and Immigration for frontline workers during COVID-19

Hosted by CLEO in partnership with:

Heather Neufeld, Private Bar Lawyer/Volunteer, Connecting Ottawa Liz Majic, Connecting Ottawa May 28, 2020

Supported by:

This webinar is for general information purposes

• nly and is not legal advice. It is not intended to

be used as legal advice for a specific legal

• problem. This webinar was recorded on May 28,

2020, and reflects developments in the law before that date.

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Disclaimer

We acknowledge that the land from which we are presenting this webinar is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Indigenous Peoples are the first educators on this land.

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Land Acknowledgement

Outline

• 1. Who is CLEO
• 2. Income benefits during COVID-19 (Heather Neufeld)
• Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), and Canada Emergency

Response Benefit (CERB)

• How immigration status affects eligibility for CERB
• Short Q & A
• 3. Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) (Liz Majic)
• 4. i) CLEO’s legal information and resources on COVID-19 -

ii) Phone support for legal issues during COVID-19

• 5. Longer Q & A

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COVID:19 Updates on the law and legal services

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COVID-19: Eligibility rules for benefits

New resource!

Information and support from CLEO

• stepstojustice.ca: practical information in 10 areas
• f law, with daily live chat; special COVID-19

section

• justicepasàpas.ca : step by step information in

French

• cleoconnect.ca: legal information training and

tools for community workers

• cleo.on.ca: free print brochures and CLEO
• verview

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For support by phone:

• Community legal clinics
• Find your local clinic at: legalaid.on.ca/legal-clinics/
• Workers Action Centre
• workersactioncentre.org
• 1-855-531-0778
• Ministry of Labour’s Employment Standards

Information Centre

• labour.gov.on.ca/english/feedback
• 1-800-531-5551

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For support by phone:

• Ontario Legal Information Centre
• centreinfojuridique.ca
• 1-844-343-7462
• Law Society Referral Service
• findlegalhelp.ca
• 1-855-947-5255

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