Employee wage subsidy

  Canadian companies that have been struggling to keep paying their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic can begin to apply for Ottawa’s wage subsidy program on Monday. The $73-billion aid package will provide qualifying companies with a 75 per cent subsidy going toward each worker’s wages, with the government asking to top up the remaining […]

The federal government has announced more details into the employee wage subsidy Wednesday afternoon. Finance minister Bill Morneau says the employee wage subsidy will be open to all businesses who lost at least 30 percent of their revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The subsidy will help pay for 75% of impacted wages […]