CEWS and CERS Backgrounders Released

On November 6, 2020 the department of Finance released several backgrounders and explanatory documents in respect of CEWS and CERS. They include:

• Backgrounder on CEWS changes to calculations (for both furloughed and non-furloughed employees) for periods 8,9, and 10

• Backgrounder on CERS

• Backgrounder on additional CERS supports for lockdowns

Also, the following summary of rate structures for CEWS and CERS was released:

Rate structure source