ORHMA COVID-19 RESOURCES
DineSafe.ca Our new DineSafe.ca platform is a catalogue of best practices to help guide your safe and successful reopening. Developed by the industry for the industry because we are in this together! HELPING EVERY RESTAURANT OPEN SAFELY VIDEO:
We continue and remain diligent in assisting you with your enquiries while remaining on the frontlines advocating for our sector. Our operations have all been impacted by COVID-19. The constant new and updated rules and regulations have caused operational confusion and we continue to receive, and welcome, your questions. We remain committed in getting you answers.We hope that this compilation of industry questions and answers will assist you as we maneuver through this pandemic. We encourage you to share this within your operations and departments to assist you with some of the answers to the long list of questions that we as an industry have.
Ontario Government Extends Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL) The Ontario government has extended the temporary changes to the Employment Standards Act that prevent temporary layoffs of non-unionized employees from becoming permanent terminations. This measure will now be extended until July 30, 2022. ORHMA, in collaboration with the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO), recently called on the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development, urging them to defer this layoff recall deadline for hard-hit hospitality and tourism sectors in order to protect jobs, the financial solvency of operators and to rebuild the vibrant made-in-Ontario tourism and hospitality experiences. Learn more.
We understand that these are difficult times and how busy and complicated things are. It is for these reasons, more than ever that we want you to take a moment to reflect and get a better handle on your food costs. You, our member, challenged us to find a way to save you even more money and our new partnership with Foodbuy Canada will do just that. Foodbuy is North America’s largest procurement services company using over $2B in Canadian purchasing power to leverage over 400 contracted suppliers giving our members access to over 35,000 rebatable SKUs. Foodbuy is the procurement sector of Compass Group and hold tremendous purchase volume that enables them to deliver unmatched cost savings. Foodbuy is much more than a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), Foodbuy will help realize savings and efficiencies by collecting purchasing volume and using that leverage to negotiate discounts with manufacturers, distributors and other vendors. All this with monthly rebates to help with your cash flow. Continue reading...