COVID-19: Updates on the law and benefits

CLEO has updated information about the extension of the COVID-19 period and infectious disease emergency leave (IDEL).

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New information in criminal law about sentencing

Criminal court judges in Ontario are now allowed to reduce a Black person's sentence if they have been affected by systemic anti-Black racism. Steps to Justice has new information about how someone who is Black can ask the judge for a lower sentence.

Updated information on employment law

Steps to Justice has updated information on employment law about changes that took effect on January 1, 2022. These changes include:

• an increase to minimum wage
• an increase to the maximum weekly amount of EI benefits from $595 to $638

COVID-19: Updates on the law and benefits

CLEO has updated and new information about the law and services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Updated information on wills

Steps to Justice has updated information about changes that took effect on January 1, 2022. These changes include:

• marriage no longer revokes a will
• the impact of a separation is the same as a divorce
• new forms to apply for probate
• new simplified probate process for estates worth less than $150,000