Type of Intervention: Financial and Economic, Regulation
Sectors Involved: Finance/Economy, Private Sector and Businesses
Intervention Categories: Legal and policy; Regulatory change
Level of Jurisdiction: Newfoundland and Labrador
Lead People/Agency: Advanced Education, Skills, and Labour
Overview: In an effort to maintain the employer-employee relationship and provide employers with additional time to recall their employees during COVID19, the Provincial Government has extended the time period that converts a temporary layoff into a permanent termination. Permanent termination was defined as temporary layoff longer than 13 weeks in a period of 20 weeks. This has been extended to 26 weeks in 30 weeks.
Full details here: https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2020/aesl/0612n04/
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group
Source of Evidence or Justification: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Evidence/Justification: Gives employers more time to recall their employees during COVID-19 if necessary. Maintains the employer-employee relationship